The Heroes of the COVID-19 Response

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Every year, the World Health Organization selects a specific theme to spread health awareness on World Health Day, April 7. Today, WHO is recognizing the selfless contributions of the nurses and midwives working day and night to protect…

More Trusted Sources of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information

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In addition to Hesperian’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) Fact Sheet, now available in 20 languages, we want to share these COVID-19 resources which also provide easy to use, trustworthy information. We will be updating this blog with more materials,…

The Right to Water Matters Now

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The COVID-19 crisis shows why access to water is paramount -- people denied water are denied cleanliness, increasing their risk from diseases caused by the coronavirus and other germs. That’s why in honor of World Water Day, March 22nd,…

Connected by Coronavirus

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Life as we know it has been put on pause. Around the world, governments are trying to slow the spread of coronavirus by restricting travel, closing schools, canceling sporting and cultural events, and requiring businesses to send their workers…

New 2020 Edition of A Book for Midwives!

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Women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth every day, especially in low-resource settings where there is limited or no access to quality maternal health services and emergency care. Where other health professionals…

Coronavirus

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UPDATE: Our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Fact Sheet is now available in 18 languages! Here is the full list: Arabic, Bangla, Chinese, English, Farsi, Filipino, French, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Indonesian, Portuguese, Sindhi, Shona, Swahili, Telugu,…