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Former MSH Staffer Atsuko Toko Fish Honored by White House as an Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) “Champion of Change”

May 16, 2013

AtsukoToko Fish, a former MSH staff member who coordinated health development projects between MSH, developing countries and Japan, was honored on Monday, May 6, as one of fifteen Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women who are “Champions of Change.”

Communities Mobilize to Provide Care to Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Lesotho

April 30, 2013

The Lesotho Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS receives a small grant to provide psychosocial support and skills training to orphans and vulnerable children and their caregivers. Since 2011, their work has reached more than 8,500 beneficiaries.

Beyond Fears and Misconceptions: Village Health Teams Help Couples Access Modern Family Planning

April 30, 2013

In many Ugandan communities, village health teams are the first point of contact for health services, including basic information on modern contraception.

AIDSTAR-Two Project Releases Report on People Living with HIV/AIDS in the Middle East/North Africa Region

April 29, 2013

The USAID-funded AIDSTAR-Two project released a new situational overview that provides a detailed analysis of the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic by associations and support groups of people living with HIV in the Middle East and North Africa region.

Hundreds of Community Health Workers Trained to Provide TB Services to Residents in Rural Afghanistan

April 29, 2013

Dewana Qul is one of thousands of TB patients living in rural Afghanistan who now receive TB treatment from community health workers in the privacy of a home.

Pharmacovigilance Reporting Goes Digital in Kenya

April 29, 2013

Kenya becomes the first country in Africa---and the world---to use a digital reporting tool for pharmacovigilance based on mobile technology.

Catching Mosquitoes, not Fish: Returning Bed Nets to their Proper Use in DRC

April 25, 2013

It is 1 p.m. in the village of Kavimvira. The sun is high over Lake Tanganyika, at the foot of the Mitumba Mountain, in scenic Sud Kivu. Frank Baraka has packed the bounty of the morning fishing trip and folded his nets, when his cell phone chimes to signal an incoming text message: “Sleep every night under an Insecticide-Treated Net (ITN), to protect your family from malaria,” he reads out loud, amused, to his fishing companion.

Boston Globe Obituary Celebrates Life of Catherine Crone Coburn, Former MSH President and Chief Operating Officer

April 22, 2013

MSH mourns the passing of Catherine Crone Coburn, who died on February 18, 2013. Her life was recently celebrated in a feature Boston Globe obituary.

MSH Applauds President Obama’s FY14 Budget Request: Continues to Prioritize Global Health

April 16, 2013

Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a nonprofit global health organization working in over 150 countries, applauds President Obama’s FY14 Global Health Budget Request.

Joint Trainings Prepare Afghan Pharmacy Students for Future Success

March 27, 2013

Access to quality medicines and appropriate use of those medicines are critical to good patient care and a functioning health system. To ensure that public sector pharmacists in Afghanistan can better manage their stores and to promote improved prescribing and medicine use, SPS Afghanistan conducts Managing Drug Supply and Rational Medicine Use trainings in partnership with the MoPH and Afghan educational institutions.