Welcome to the Knowledge for Health’s multi-author blog, a place where you can read and learn about the various shades of K4Health, and with your help, collectively strengthen the impact within the global health community.

Our mission is to improve the provision of family planning and reproductive health and other health services in developing countries using knowledge management approaches. We hope to ignite substantive and positive discourse around relevant topics, and invite you to join in on the conversation.

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Turning Visions into Reality at the District Learning Center in Salima, Malawi

Submitted by Anonymous on 27 July 2010 - 5:31pm
Twelve months ago the K4Health project began its needs assessment to better understand how the flow of knowledge, information, and communications could be improved with regards to Family Planning and Reproductive Health, and HIV/AIDS, in support of the K4Health project. 
 

Connecting Frontline Workers in Nkhotakota, Malawi to Improve Knowledge Exchange

Submitted by Anonymous on 27 July 2010 - 4:56pm
It’s late in the evening in a hard-to-reach village in the Malawian District of Nkhotakota.   There is no electricity in this village, nor in the Bua community health center that serves 11,280 people, including a pregnant mother who goes into pre-term labor. The local Health Surveillance Assistant (HSA) is called to provide assistance because the local maternity nurse is not at home.  

Perceived Stigma is Real Stigma

Submitted by cmickish@jhuccp.org (not verified) on 23 July 2010 - 2:07pm
On Thursday at the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, I was looking at the variety of posters and stumbled across one about research in Uganda that really struck me. 
 

Love in the Time of HIV

Submitted by cmickish@jhuccp.org (not verified) on 23 July 2010 - 12:58pm
With access and adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and comprehensive health care, it is not only possible but very likely that people living with HIV (PLWH) will live long and relatively healthy lives. As HIV has transformed from an acute infection and guaranteed death sentence into a chronic disease that can be managed, so have the lives of PLWH.
 

Integrating Local Services Without Reinventing the Wheel

Submitted by cmickish@jhuccp.org (not verified) on 22 July 2010 - 3:26pm
A midwife discusses family planning with men and women during immunization day in Pader District, Uganda. © 2008 Diana Nambatya, Courtesy of Photoshare

What Does Harm Reduction Have to do With Integration?

Submitted by cmickish@jhuccp.org (not verified) on 20 July 2010 - 4:24pm
© 2006 Felix Masi/Voiceless Children, Courtesy of Photoshare

Missing the Forest for the Trees: Viewing Integration from a Broader Perspective

Submitted by cmickish@jhuccp.org (not verified) on 19 July 2010 - 3:33pm

© 2007 Pradeep Tewari, Courtesy of Photoshare

On the Road to Vienna and Integration

Submitted by cmickish@jhuccp.org (not verified) on 15 July 2010 - 3:30pm

© 2005 Matthew Willman, Courtesy of Photoshare

World Population Day: Understanding Health Needs to Plan Strategically

Submitted by crottler (not verified) on 12 July 2010 - 2:29pm

As we marked World Population Day 2010: Everyone Counts on Sunday, we were reminded of the importance of evidence and data to drive good policy, program design and implementation in order to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.

Guest Post: Unlocking Innovation

Submitted by Anonymous on 1 July 2010 - 2:00pm
Anna Dirksen is Senior Manager of Communications and Corporate Marketing at PSI. Her article, "Unlocking Innovation," was originally published in PSI's Impact Magazine.
 
Healthcare leaders from developing and developed countries alike are preoccupied with finding ways to improve access to medical care while simultaneously reducing costs and improving quality.
 
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