SANRU in the DRC Shares COVID-19 Strategies and Challenges
We checked in with Malonga Miatudila, MD, MPH, Senior Public Health Specialist with CCIH member SANRU near Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to ask about the COVID-19 situation in the area and how SANRU is responding to the pandemic. What is the community around...
Connector Articles, Member Spotlight
Iraqi Christian Organization Provides Hope to the Internally Displaced
After the Gulf War in 1991, the Kurdistan people fled their homes for the Turkish and Iranian borders. After the United Nations declared the Kurdistan region a safe haven, people returned home, but were in dire need of food, healthcare and hygiene. “Needy families were struggling to survive...
Connector Articles, Maternal and Child Health
U.S. Foreign Assistance Equips Zambian Community to Save Mothers and Babies
Gwenny was in her final month of pregnancy when she began having convulsions in her home in rural Zambia. Fortunately, a family member reacted quickly, turning to a neighbor trained in safe motherhood through a USAID-funded project known as SM360+. Gwenny’s family member and the neighbor brought her...
International Health Partner’s Pro-active Partnering Meets Cancer and Heart Needs in Gaza
In Al Shifa hospital, Gaza, outpatient pharmacist Susan Sarhan sees about 200 patients with cancer pass through each day to pick up essential medicines. Often, the medicines they need are not available. “Our list of medicines in short supply has grown dramatically,” says Susan. “Shortages are a serious...