Stories
COVID-19 is having a devastating effect on human health and well-being around the globe. But people worldwide are also responding with creativity and innovation that can be used to build a brighter, more resilient post-pandemic future. The stories below illustrate opportunities as well as setbacks, paired with online tools and resources to arm advocates with the data and messaging they need to demand change.
Connecting Ecuador’s indigenous communities to health care through training in native languages
An innovative training program is boosting the capacity of health workers to meet the needs...
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Abiyamo Alayo: Happy Mother Radio Show Takes Community Outreach Virtual
Establishing new channels to connect clinics and communities in Nigeria
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Seizing opportunities in Madagascar to expand access to contraceptives
A pioneering effort to offer a self-injectable contraceptive is expanding contraceptive choice in Madagascar despite...
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Latin American activists keep contraceptive supplies flowing
A Peruvian family on the way to the pharmacy to purchase contraceptives. Advocates are using...
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Innovation pays dividends against COVID-19 and TB in Karachi
TB contact screening and preventive therapy continued despite the pandemic As Pakistan braced for a...
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Bangladeshi activists help sustain access to family planning services.
A family planning counselor awaits her clients at Popular Medical College Hospital, Dhaka. District advocacy...
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A better way to distribute bed nets
Rabi Dako stands with her daughter in Cotonou, Benin after receiving mosquito nets as part...
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Before COVID-19, Malawi was on its way to ending AIDS. Now what?
Community Health Workers conduct door-to-door screening for COVID-19 in Limpopo, South Africa. In Christopher Mlotha’s...
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How Massachusetts is learning from the Global South
Care resource coordinators support people in COVID-19 isolation and quarantine by providing social and economic...
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Resumed immunization campaigns are critical to preventing COVID-19 as well as polio.
Shabana, a frontline Polio Worker, administers polio drops to children in Roshvala, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Photo:...
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Empowered health workers, healthier communities
CHW Grace Karen Akinyi consults with her supervisor Shadrack Werunga, Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: PCSU When...
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April
In COVID-19 vaccine race, rollouts are sometimes an afterthought
– Devex
How can we vaccinate the world? Five challenges facing the UN-backed COVAX programme
– UN News
Coronavirus vaccines are finally reaching poor countries, but some can’t cover the cost of administering them
– Washington Post
Cash-strapped Africa overwhelmed by COVID vaccine challenge
– Reuters
We are always interested in highlighting innovative approaches to tackling the challenges posed by COVID-19. Send us a brief summary of your project and we will be in touch.