SCOPE Project Unites Partners for Maternal and Child Health
by Cassady Mecate, CCIH Communications and Advocacy Intern, and Carolyn O’Brien, MSPH, CCIH Project Coordinator At the beginning of 2020, CCIH joined the Strengthening Community Health Outcomes through Positive Engagement (SCOPE) Project. The SCOPE Project is a five-year New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) cooperative agreement funded by USAID and...
Connector Articles, Maternal and Child Health
Mothers and Children Are Key To Society
By Sarah Scott, Pepperdine University Student and CCIH Communications and Advocacy Intern Why Maternal and Child Health Matters “Infants, Children, and Women should not be allowed to die from preventable health crises and yet they do, every day,” says Heather Hill, Director of Communications and Marketing for CCIH...
Hub and Spoke Healthcare Delivery System
By Dr. Johnson Diara, Rural Health Services of Sudan United Mission/Nigeria Reformed Church A Unique Way of Reaching Our Target Population The Nigeria health system is skewed to favor the urban Nigerian communities with less than 30% of the country’s population and low disease burden. Most of the...
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...