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Friday, October 8, 2021

Malawi: Fighting malaria in the midst of COVID-19

Among Malawians, Balaka is a storied town on a hill. It is a district that has kept on giving - music that has withstood seasons and inspired generations. But still, all is not rosy in this citadel of music. Just opposite the St. Louis Church, where some of the Balaka music Malawians enjoy was born and perfected, Balaka District Hospital is stretched.

Melise at the hospital where her baby is being treated for malaria.

Malawi: Fighting malaria in the midst of COVID-19

Among Malawians, Balaka is a storied town on a hill. It is a district that has kept on giving - music that has withstood seasons and inspired generations...

Polio project inspires Nadia to help advocate for a polio-free South Sudan

“My husband abandoned us two years ago because he believed that our son Susu’s polio condition was a result of a curse in our family”, says Nadia Angayika...

Together with fellow health volunteers, John makes great sacrifices to give hope and support people living with HIV in his community in Turkana County,Kenya.

Community health volunteer wades ‘river of life’ to give hope to people living with HIV

The escapades of John, a Community Health Volunteer who crosses River Turkwel to administer health care to community members in Turkana.

Steven in Zambia no longer suffers from malaria now he has a mosquito net.

What is malaria? Facts, symptoms, and what World Vision is doing

Nearly half of the world’s population — more than 3 billion people — is at risk of contracting malaria. Globally, malaria mortality rates have dropped by...

Tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea

2018 Tuberculosis (TB) in Papua New Guinea. Produced by World Vision Australia. To learn more about World Vision Tuberculosis Programming: https://www.wvi...

Spotlight on Adolescent HIV Grant Programming in Uganda and Malawi

There are 1.1 Billion adolescent girls in the world today. Every year, 360,000 adolescent girls and young women are infected with HIV – about 7,000 every...

STOP TB Strategy in Papua New Guinea

In 2013 around 2,400 people in Papua New Guinea died from a preventable and curable disease called Tuberculosis. Consistent support from family members...

Investing For Impact Against Tuberculosis in Kenya

In August 2015, John Omondi developed chest pains, cough and had completely lost his appetite. After several weeks, he decided to visit Nakuru provincial...

One Year Ebola Free in Sierra Leone - Community Reflections

The Global Health Nutrition and HIV Community of Practice gathered on 17 March 2017 to discuss the lessons learned collected in two new research reports...

HIV and Adolescents - a World AIDS Day Webinar

AIDS is now the leading cause of death among adolescents in Africa. A majority of adolescent girls lack knowledge of how to protect themselves from HIV and...

Implementation Quality Assurance (IQA) Tools

World Vision has developed sets of essential elements for our core project models, known as implementation quality assurance (IQA) tools.

Womens Childrens and Adolescent Health in Humanitarian Settings Webinar

The Every Woman Every Child Everywhere Community came together for a live YouTube event (hosted by PMNCH and APHA). World Vision's Claire Beck presented on...

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Whole Community Approach

Globally, suicide is the second leading cause of death for 15-29 year olds. With increasing mental disorder worldwide there are limited mental health...

Southern Caucasus and Russian Federation-Key Populations (Migrants)

The project was initiated in response to the alarming situation of high migration rates contributing to the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Southern Caucasus...

Uganda- Care, Support and Treatment Project (CVA)

Bringing together different project stakeholders in a dialogue over the quality of services under the Citizens’ Voice and Action (CV&A) activities not only...

Uganda-ttC

In Uganda, World Vision has effectively integrated HIV-related content into the timed and targeted counseling (ttC) curriculum, materials, monitoring tools...

Lesotho-Adolescent/ART Adherence

Sekoere first became involved with World Vision Malumeng ADP in 2001 as a RC. He lost his father in 2012 and lost his mother the following year to AIDS...

Zimbabwe-CoH/ IGATE

One religious leader trained by UDACIZA came to the school to talk to the students during assembly. She talked about the dangers of teenage pregnancies and...

Honduras-CoH

Channels of Hope (CoH) is a key intervention addressing HIV-AIDS in Honduras. Training religious leaders and youth leaders throughout the community has...

17 Cases and Counting - Eradicating Polio - CORE Group Polio Projectand

What do you get when you combine the efforts of governments, families, NGOs, children, faith leaders, and barbers?? Polio Eradication at an epic scale! For...

Treating TB in Somalia

World Vision’s ten-year partnership with the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis & Malaria, and its collaboration with the World Health Organization...

Community Health Workers Are Heroes. Video from Zambia - long version.

World Vision Supporting Mothers in the First 1000 Days

Channels of Hope mobilizing Faith leaders to respond to HIV

Channels of Hope equip faith leaders to reduce HIV-related stigma in their communities and promote compassionate care for people and families affected by...