Women Leading in the Humanitarian World
Direct Relief shines a spotlight on four women leading in the humanitarian space.
Harry Goldhagen
Rising from the Ashes: Myanmar’s Underground Nurses
In a jungle classroom in Myanmar, 21 student nurses recently completed an underground degree program while dodging drones, surviving airstrikes, and studying in near-darkness. Their story is part of a global crisis for health workers in conflict zones.
In Pakistan, a Mountain Village’s Isolation Left a Group of Kids in Harm’s Way
When local health workers and their civil society allies discovered a group of zero-dose children in a Pakistan village, they made it their mission to get them protected. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
India, Home to 25% of the World’s Cervical Cancer Victims, Launches Nationwide HPV Vaccination
The roll-out will have impact at not just national, but global scale, experts say. From Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
A Phone Call That Saves Mothers: Tanzania’s m-mama Emergency Transport System Goes National
When labor becomes life-threatening in rural Tanzania, minutes matter. The m-mama program uses mobile technology and community drivers to get mothers and newborns to hospitals—and it now serves all 63 million Tanzanians.