January 2021

January 08, 2021
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COVID-19 doesn't care about New York or New Delhi

Health Systems Strengthening
{Photo credit: Samy Rakotoniaina/MSH}Photo credit: Samy Rakotoniaina/MSH

Originally published in The Hill 

By Marian W. Wentworth and Wade Warren 

On Dec. 14, the United States crossed a grisly milestone of 300,000 lives lost to the coronavirus pandemic. That same week, we saw the first glimmer of light in this long, dark tunnel of a year as frontline health care workers began to receive an effective vaccine. 

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January 22, 2021
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Smart Solutions and Committed Communities to Fight COVID-19: How the USAID ACCESS Program is Responding to the Pandemic in Madagascar

Health Systems Strengthening

Madagascar reported its first cases of COVID-19 in March 2020. It was not long before the outbreak spread throughout multiple regions, including some of the country’s most remote communities. The Government of Madagascar quickly mobilized response activities to minimize the outbreak’s spread and impact on the population, including coordinating activities with the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) ACCESS program, led by Management Sciences for Health (MSH), and other partners and stakeholders.

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