Options to host Knowledge Café on governance and accountability for health in Malawi On Friday 29 April, we will be hosting a ‘knowledge café’ in Lilongwe, Malawi on ‘Governance and Accountability for Health’. The ‘knowledge café’ will provide an ideal opportunity for… Options news 28 April 2016
A review of social accountability approaches in health in Tanzania Social accountability is achieving a greater profile at global, regional and national levels and gaining wide acceptance in facilitating improvements in health services and strengthening governance. Citizens… Options news 25 April 2016
Remembering Nepal, one year on On 25 April 2015, a devastating earthquake hit Nepal. Only a few weeks later a second earthquake struck. Over 8,000 people were killed and more than 21,000 injured. Hundreds… Options news 25 April 2016
Global launch of Africa Health Budget Network campaign #ValueOurHealth The world gathered in Washington DC from 12-17 April 2016 for the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund spring meeting. Importantly, civil society organisations (CSOs) meetings were held… Options news 22 April 2016
Sierra Leone launches assessment to inform laboratory strengthening Sierra Leone is emerging from one of the most challenging public health epidemics in its history with the outbreak of Ebola. The epidemic resulted in more than 4,000 deaths, and severely strained… Statement 15 April 2016
International Day for Maternal Health and Rights 2016: Improving respectful care in Kenya to save lives For those of us working in the trenches of global maternal health, it’s easy to forget that amazing progress has been made. In Kenya during the five years from 2009 to 2014, the percent of… Options news 11 April 2016
Community engagement in Kenya to improve maternal and newborn health It’s 10am and the sun is already beating down when we arrive at Namang’ofulo Community Unit. Located in Sirisia, a sub-county of Bungoma County, it’s about 25km and an hour’s drive from the main… Options news 31 March 2016
New campaign launched in Uganda to track government spending on health The regional campaign ‘Value Our Health, African voices for better spending on women and children’, which will be launched in April, calls on African governments to: Provide more opportunities for… Options news 21 March 2016
Building back better health facilities after the earthquake in Nepal In April and May 2015, two devastating earthquakes hit Nepal, claiming the lives of more than 9,000 people and leaving more than 21,000 injured. Fourteen districts were severely affected,… Options news 21 March 2016
First facility since Ebola ready to provide EmONC in Sierra Leone An assessment, conducted in November 2015, reported that the hospital, located in the hard to reach district of Pujehun, is now fully EmONC compliant, meaning that the facility met the necessary… Options news 17 March 2016