by Kim Martin | Nov 1, 2019 | India, TCI News
India Contributors: Shafique Khan, Parul Saxena, Prabhat Kumar Jha In August 2018, India’s Challenge Initiative for Healthy Cities (TCIHC) learned that quality assurance visits were not happening at the urban primary health centers (UPHCs) in Bhopal, Madhya...
by Kim Martin | Oct 16, 2019 | East Africa, TCI News
BY OWEN MWANDUMBYA Reprinted with permission from Jhpiego Hundreds of women sit under two shady trees at Malamba Mawili health center, chanting a song led by nurse Sarah Simama. The lyrics of the song portray a mother of many children: Look at that woman!She is...
by Kim Martin | Oct 15, 2019 | India, TCI News
Contributors: Meenakshi Dikshit, Anil Kumar Dwivedi, Pranav Jha Family planning benefits both partners in a relationship and either partner can adopt a suitable method to space or limit their family size. However, the responsibility disproportionately falls on the...
by Kim Martin | Oct 4, 2019 | India, TCI News
Contributors: Trupti Sharma and Nitin Kumar Dwivedi The city of Indore has more than 605 urban Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs). Because their monthly meetings, payment vouchers and training schedules were centralized at the zonal level, it was difficult to...
by Kim Martin | Sep 18, 2019 | Nigeria, TCI News
Contributors: Obasesam Edet, Uduak Ananaba, Kachi Ewe, and Philemon Yohanna The Challenge Initiative (TCI) scales evidence-based family planning and adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health interventions through a demand-driven partnership with ready,...
