Community-Based Support for OVC Project: Blog Posts

MSH Presents at 2015 International AIDS Society Conference

July 28, 2015
[MSH staff at IAS2015 included: Dr. Ndulue Nwokedi, Deputy Project Director, Pro-ACT; Dr. Ginika Egesimba, Senior Clinical Advisor, TB/HIV, Pro-ACT; Emmanuel Nfor, Principal Technical Advisor, SIAPS; Dr. Andrew Etsetowaghan, Clinical Advisor, PMTCT, Pro-ACT.] {Photo credit: MSH staff.}

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) presented seven abstracts at the 8th International Aids Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2015) in Vancouver, Canada, July 19-22, 2015.

Empower Our Girls, Empower the World: An International Women's Day Message from Nigeria

March 06, 2015
{Photo credit: Andrew Esiebo/MSH Nigeria}

I am a woman. I am a Nigerian. I am a mother. I am a leader. And, I am a daughter. As the Nigerian country representative, I guide Management Sciences for Health (MSH)’s efforts to ensure the people of my country have access to quality health services. Indeed, I am many things. Before all else: I am a woman of Nigeria. The Girl Child in Nigeria From the beginning, our girl children are at a disadvantage.

Global Health Impact: Saving Lives, Improving Health: 12 Stories from Around the World

January 31, 2014
{Photo credit: Rui Pires.}

This special January 2014 edition of the Global Health Impact Newsletter (subscribe) features 12 stories from 2013 highlighting how MSH is saving lives by strengthening health systems at all levels--from the household to the community to the health facility to national authorities. The stories were selected through an internal storytelling contest (available in print soon). We are also pleased to share a post from President and CEO Jonathan D. Quick outlining our vision for 2014. A Note from Dr. Jonathan D. Quick Vision 2014: UHC and the Opportunity for a Healthy Life

Global Health Impact: Countries Lead and Innovate on HIV & AIDS

August 12, 2013
{Photo credit: Genaye Eshetu/MSH}

Strengthening health systems at all levels is the core of MSH’s response to the HIV epidemic. We build organizational capacity to implement innovative HIV, prevention, care, and treatment interventions in over 35 countries---from Côte d'Ivoire to Ethiopia to Vietnam.

Abandoned Mother and Four Children Receive Boost from CUBS

July 22, 2013
{Photo credit: Lola Akinmade, Nigeria. Courtesy of Photoshare}

In 2005, "Chima" abandoned "Sinachi" and their four children to marry another woman. Heartbroken and unemployed, Sinachi returned to her home village and became a farmer. Although she worked hard, Sinachi’s children often went hungry and did not attend school for three years because she was unable to pay the fees.

Despite Challenges, Seven-Year-Old Nigerian Girl Starts Primary School

October 17, 2012
Seven-year-old Ladi Muhammed. Nigeria. {Photo credit: S. J. Garlora / MSH.}

Seven-year-old Ladi Muhammed wants to become a teacher. The third of five children ranging 3 to 20 years old, Ladi and her family live in a poor Nigerian village.The likelihood of Ladi attending primary school is low.Public primary education is free in Nigeria, but Ladi’s parents can barely afford to feed their children.

From Orphan to Entrepreneur: The Story of Sheba Joshua

August 30, 2012
Sheba (right), her siblings and their aged blind grandmother. {Photo credit: MSH.}

Sheba Joshua became the head of her household at just 18 years of age, when she lost her parents to AIDS. She is responsible for seven siblings and her blind grandmother and earns money by running a catering business out of her home in Gombe State, Nigeria. Becoming the main caregiver for an entire family at that age would have been a daunting experience for most teenagers, but Sheba was not fazed.

Capacity Development Training and Support Helps Nigerian NGO Earn New Projects

July 03, 2012
GHARF officers and others participate in a CUBS-facilitated proposal writing workshop for community-based organizations in Enugu, Nigeria. {Photo credit: MSH.}

Securing funds from donors and partners can be challenging for Nigerian non-governmental organizations (NGOs), given the nation’s large pool of competing organizations. In order to earn funds, NGOs must have strong proposal writing skills, the ability to defend their proposals, and efficient operational capacity.The Global Health Awareness Research Foundation (GHARF) is a community-based organization operating in Enugu state in southeastern Nigeria.

Living to Fulfill Her Dreams: The Story of Chinaecherem

May 03, 2012
Chinaecherem Nwodo {Photo credit: MSH.}

Stigmatized, isolated, and conditioned to undertake hard labor, 14 year-old Chinaecherem Nwodo shows that one can overcome the most dire circumstances. Chinaecherem was despised and accused of witchcraft in her community, the Onu-Orie-Obuno-Akpugo village in Nkano West Local Government, Enugu State, Nigeria. Her abusive treatment by community members reflected the challenges facing some children in rural areas of Nigeria.The community blamed her for her mother’s death and father’s insanity.

Abandoned No More: The Story of Godgift

March 27, 2012
Godgift and his caregiver receiving educational supplies from the Executive Director of Synergycare Initiative. {Photo credit: Anayo Chike Charles/MSH.}

Early one morning Mrs. Fred woke up and found a boy outside her house. Alarmed and curious, she asked him why he was there. Godgift, as he identified himself, told her that the continuous appearance of a snake where he lived forced him to abandon the place he called home, after numerous futile attempts to frighten it off with pepper. Highly disturbed, she arranged for him to eat in a nearby restaurant whenever he showed up by her house.The boy, Godgift Henshaw, is 13 years old. Godgift's mother took him along when she left her husband and eloped with another man.

Cynthia Goes Back to School

May 12, 2011

In the village of Owa Ofie, Nigeria, Cynthia Isioma, a young girl who has survived enormous odds reclaimed her dream of secondary education. Cynthia lost both parents at the age of two and was left in the care of her grandmother who died three years later. Cynthia’s situation grew more challenging when she was then moved to her blind grandfather’s home at the age of five.