Welcome to the Knowledge for Health’s multi-author blog, a place where you can read and learn about the various shades of K4Health, and with your help, collectively strengthen the impact within the global health community.

Our mission is to improve the provision of family planning and reproductive health and other health services in developing countries using knowledge management approaches. We hope to ignite substantive and positive discourse around relevant topics, and invite you to join in on the conversation.

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World Malaria Day at CCP!

Today is World Malaria Day! The theme of the fourth World Malaria Day - Achieving Progress and Impact - encourages the international community's renewed efforts in making progress towards zero malaria deaths by 2015.

Earth Day 2011: A Billion Acts of Green

On April 22, 2011, we celebrate Earth Day, of which this year's theme is "A Billion Acts of Green." The idea behind this theme is to mobilize people to accomplish one billion acts of environmental service around the world.
 

AISI (As I See It) Texting Really Can Saves Lives

I am the mother of a teenager, living in a text-obsessed world of communicating by “LOL, OMG, and 2GTBT”. I even have to admit that I’ve succumbed to the ease of texting “IM outside” when I arrive at school to pick him up – or more frequently “Where R U?” Hmmm. What’s up with that? So it brought joy to my heart when I visited the Knowledge for Health (K4H) Learning Center in Salima, Malawi, and experienced texting in

World Water Day 2011: Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 is World Water Day 2011; please join K4Health in recognizing the 18th year of World Water Day, an annual celebration of the importance of freshwater sustainable management of freshwater resources.  

This year’s focus, “Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge,” is concerned with clean drinking water in cities around the world.

Join K4Health on International Women’s Day to Commemorate 100 Years of Women’s Rights

On this Tuesday, March 8, 2011 join Knowledge for Health in commemorating the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. IWD is a global day to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women all over the world. Nearly 25 countries including Afghanistan, Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam and Zambia recognize the day as an official holiday.
 

Doctor in Rural Nepal Shares Insights on Communities of Practice

Nepalese doctor exchanges innovative approaches to conducting virtual communities of practice with peers from all over the globe. USAID support allows health care practitioners to share best practices on reproductive health and family planning.
 

USAID Administrator Blames Discrimination Against Women in Africa Reason for High Maternal Mortality

In a wide ranging speech at NIH this week, USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah went to bat for African women, especially mothers-to-be, who are 135 times more likely to die during childbirth than some of her Western counterparts.
 

Health Professionals Desperate for Information: eLearning to the Rescue

In developing countries, it is costly to develop and circulate essential health information. Some organizations have specific guidance or manuals that help program staff and supervisors, but few have information that is useful and accessible to wide populations of professionals. Programs that cannot devote large amounts of money to face-to-face trainings or document production are looking for a way to deliver current, useful information to their staff.
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