Leadership, Management & Governance: Our Impact

Integrated Maternal and Child Health Program Enables Mothers to Deliver HIV-Negative Babies

September 18, 2014
{Photo credit: Ruth Omondi/MSH.}Two women beneficiares of the integrated HIV and MNCH program at the Mbeere District Hospital.Photo credit: Ruth Omondi/MSH.

Mbeere District Hospital, following USAID-funded LMS/Kenya support, increases the number of HIV-positive mothers delivering healthy babies According to the Ministry of Health, 13,000 babies in Kenya are born HIV-positive each year, despite availability of proven methods to prevent mother-to-child transmission of the virus. One of these is integrating HIV care and treatment into maternal and child health services. In 2013, Mbeere District Hospital in Embu County decided to take this approach to reduce the number of children born with HIV in their facility. 

“You are stronger than this disease”: Sharing Hope in Angola for People Living with HIV

July 08, 2014
{Photo credit: BLC staff/MSH.}Photo credit: BLC staff/MSH.

“You are stronger than this disease,” Ana’s sister reminds her. Ana Paz is a 35-year-old community health worker for Mwenho, a civil society organization in Angola. She works at Centro de Salúde de Alegria, a public health facility in the capital city, Luanda. Her day is busy, providing HIV counseling and testing (HCT), basic medication, and support to people living with HIV.

Improved Commodity Management at Santé Lumière Health Center, Haiti

April 22, 2014
{Photo credit: MSH staff.}Marie Claude Joseph updating commodity management records at the Santé Lumière Health Center in Haiti.Photo credit: MSH staff.

In Haiti, only 31 percent of married women use modern family planning methods. According to the 2012 Demographic and Health Survey (known as the DHS), 52 percent of births in the country are wanted; 21 percent are unwanted; and 27 percent of pregnancies occur sooner than desired. Despite the evident need for family planning services, many facilities in Haiti, including the Santé Lumière Health Center in the Cayes district, have not been able to provide them.

Ethiopia's Ministry of Health: Walking the Talk on Gender Issues

February 27, 2014
{Photo credit: Warren Zelman, Ethiopia.}Photo credit: Warren Zelman, Ethiopia.

The Gender Directorate’s mandate is to ensure that gender is mainstreamed throughout the ministry of health in Ethiopia. This is a very difficult and important mandate. Building our capacity is the first step to fulfill this responsibility. We must plan, design, advocate, implement and monitor interventions to mainstream gender, and this requires leadership, knowledge, awareness, and skills.

LMG Promoting South-to-South Dialogue on Women in Leadership

February 27, 2014
{Photo credit: Warren Zelman, Ethiopia.}Photo credit: Warren Zelman, Ethiopia.

In January, the Leadership, Management & Governance (LMG) Project hosted a week-long online seminar on LeaderNet, a global online network for health professionals, called “Women in Leadership.” Over the course of three days, 391 men and women from 74 countries joined the internet-only conversation. Participants actively dialogued through a total of 390 conversational postings on topics including the qualities of women’s leadership, obstacles and challenges faced by women leaders, what makes a mentoring program succeed, and more. Women in Leadership Topics

WOMEN LEAD: A Conversation with Dorothy Onyango: Empowering Women with HIV and Youth

February 27, 2014
{Photo credit: Elizabeth Walsh/MSH.}Dorothy Onyango, founder and executive director of Women Fighting AIDS in Kenya (WOFAK), talks with MSH about WOFAK, her role as a leader and mentor, and how women are contributing to moving towards an AIDS-free generation.Photo credit: Elizabeth Walsh/MSH.

In Kenya, civil society organizations are on the frontline of health service delivery at the community level. At least 50 percent of healthcare services to communities in Kenya are provided through the nongovernmental sector, which is made up primarily of civil society organizations.

MSH Appointed a Continuous Professional Development Provider in Kenya

February 26, 2014
{Photo credit: William Vasquez}Photo credit: William Vasquez

Management Sciences for Health (MSH), under its PEPFAR, USAID-funded Leadership, Management and Sustainability/Kenya project, has been appointed as a Continuous Professional Development provider by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB). Participants in Kenya taking the LMS/Kenya leadership and management related courses—Health Systems Management (HSM) and the Leadership Development Program (LDP)—will now earn credit points for these courses.

World Bank Grants $2.2 Million toward Tanzania's National Health Laboratory Business Plan

February 26, 2014
{Photo credit: TZ-ICB Library.}Business Planning for Health participants in Zanzibar, June 2013.Photo credit: TZ-ICB Library.

Resource mobilization has been a challenge for Tanzania’s National Health Laboratory (NHL).

Advancing Gender Equity in MSH Nigeria Projects

February 26, 2014
{Photo credit: Jessica Charles/MSH, Nigeria.}Photo credit: Jessica Charles/MSH, Nigeria.

Gender-related stereotypes, gender profiling, and inequalities between men and women reduce the impact of public health programs. In Nigeria, for example, many women are excluded from making decisions related to their families’ health and from accessing health services in their communities. These exclusions are due to patriarchal norms, often exacerbated by purdah, a religious and social practice that requires women to cover most parts of their bodies and avoid areas frequented by men.

Improving Family Planning Commodity Management in Dity, Haiti

January 29, 2014
{Photo credit: MSH staff.}Nurse Odila Jeune Gens is responsible for family planning services at the Dity health center.Photo credit: MSH staff.

Located in the remote highlands of Haiti’s northwest region of Port-de-Paix, the Dity health center has not always been able to provide adequate family planning services to women in the 21 surrounding communities, despite the obvious need. Maternal and infant mortality is high in the region due to the high number of births, short intervals between pregnancies, and the lack of skilled birth attendants.

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