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In Tanzania, Health Workers Stand Up for Victims of Violence
Outside a clinic in rural Mara Region, Tanzania, a young woman sat by herself, far from the other clients.“She was down,” says Neema, a nurse at the clinic. “Deeply desperate.” At first Akinyi (not her...
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Mothers Can Make All the Difference in the Health of Their Children—and of...
At an outreach clinic in Bariadi District, Tanzania, I met a 17-year-old boy named Daudi who sat patiently next to his mother, waiting for his turn to be circumcised. The pair sat near the front of a...
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Healthy Community Means a Healthy Workforce for this Tanzanian Town
In February 2014, IntraHealth International's Tanzania HIV Prevention Project teamed up with the Alliance Cotton Ginnery in rural Kasoli in Bariadi district, Tanzania, to provide male circumcision...
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Global Health Needs More Strange Bedfellows, Unorthodox Partnerships
This piece originally appeared on the Huffington Post.In Tanzania, the non-profit group IntraHealth International works with a cotton gin to provide circumcision services to their male employees and...
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Traveling to Tanzania With PSI, IntraHealth International, and Mandy Moore
Over the years I have had the distinct privilege of meeting health workers around the world from Ethiopia and Kenya to Tanzania and South Africa to India and Brazil.Health workers, particularly in low-...
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Looking at Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in the Field
This piece originally appeared on the Huffington Post.Amos Emmanuel Kakere really wanted to undergo voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC).A slight young man who looked far younger than his mere 24...
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Mandy Moore and Jennifer James See Tanzania's Health Workers in Action
Health workers at an outreach facility in rural Shinyanga, Tanzania, hosted two special guests on October 8: Mandy Moore—American singer/songwriter, actress, and PSI global ambassador—and Jennifer...
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Men and Boys Come Out in Droves for HIV Services in Tanzania
As a senior program manager for IntraHealth International’s Tanzania HIV Prevention Project, I have witnessed male circumcision outreach activities during many visits to Tanzania. Nevertheless, it’s...
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When HIV and Gender-Based Violence Intersect, Women Suffer in Silence
In Mara region, Tanzania, Kabula (not her real name) was the youngest of three wives.Eventually one of her husband’s other wives got sick with symptoms that Kabula related to HIV. Because this man...
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HIV Testing Support in Tanzania Puts Emphasis on Impact
As the fight against HIV rolls into its fourth decade, those of us who are involved in combatting the epidemic have mixed feelings. While HIV continues to affect the lives of many here in Tanzania,...
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In Rural Tanzania, Everyone Has a Role to Play in Ending Gender-Based Violence
When Chausiku, 15, did not show up at school to begin Form One in Mara region, Tanzania, she was just another name on a list of new students. However, one teacher took it seriously, and asked her...
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Mothers Can Make All the Difference in the Health of Their Children—and of...
At an outreach clinic in Bariadi District, Tanzania, I met a 17-year-old boy named Daudi who sat patiently next to his mother, waiting for his turn to be circumcised. The pair sat near the front of a...
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Healthy Community Means a Healthy Workforce for this Tanzanian Town
In February 2014, IntraHealth International's Tanzania HIV Prevention Project teamed up with the Alliance Cotton Ginnery in rural Kasoli in Bariadi district, Tanzania, to provide male circumcision...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Global Health Needs More Strange Bedfellows, Unorthodox Partnerships
This piece originally appeared on the Huffington Post.In Tanzania, the non-profit group IntraHealth International works with a cotton gin to provide circumcision services to their male employees and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Traveling to Tanzania With PSI, IntraHealth International, and Mandy Moore
Over the years I have had the distinct privilege of meeting health workers around the world from Ethiopia and Kenya to Tanzania and South Africa to India and Brazil.Health workers, particularly in low-...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Looking at Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in the Field
This piece originally appeared on the Huffington Post.Amos Emmanuel Kakere really wanted to undergo voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC).A slight young man who looked far younger than his mere 24...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mandy Moore and Jennifer James See Tanzania's Health Workers in Action
Health workers at an outreach facility in rural Shinyanga, Tanzania, hosted two special guests on October 8: Mandy Moore—American singer/songwriter, actress, and PSI global ambassador—and Jennifer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Men and Boys Come Out in Droves for HIV Services in Tanzania
As a senior program manager for IntraHealth International’s Tanzania HIV Prevention Project, I have witnessed male circumcision outreach activities during many visits to Tanzania. Nevertheless, it’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
When HIV and Gender-Based Violence Intersect, Women Suffer in Silence
In Mara region, Tanzania, Kabula (not her real name) was the youngest of three wives.Eventually one of her husband’s other wives got sick with symptoms that Kabula related to HIV. Because this man...
View ArticleClik here to view.
HIV Testing Support in Tanzania Puts Emphasis on Impact
As the fight against HIV rolls into its fourth decade, those of us who are involved in combatting the epidemic have mixed feelings. While HIV continues to affect the lives of many here in Tanzania,...
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