Options news 12 May 2017 International Day of the Midwife 2017: Celebrating midwives and nurses With support from the Maternal and Newborn Improvement (MANI) project, Bungoma county has done what health system managers often overlook: recognising the achievements of their frontline workers. On May…
Impact story 8 March 2017 Being bold against corruption My name is Wina Sangala, a bold (but will now strive to be bolder) woman of British Malawian heritage who has spent most of my professional life working to try and advance the health sector in Malawi.…
Options news 1 February 2017 Helping prevent drug theft in Malawi The UK aid-funded Malawi Health Sector Programme, Technical Assistance (MHSP-TA) is managing and delivering a four year programme to enhance the implementation of the 2011 – 2016 Health…
Options news 29 November 2016 Sharing our global expertise on health systems strengthening Earlier this month, an Options delegation attended the Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Vancouver. The theme of the conference was Resilient and responsive health systems for a changing…
Options news 26 September 2016 Bangladesh officials visit UK Options team to learn more about urban health In September we hosted a delegation of officials from Bangladesh who were visiting the UK as part of our support to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Local Government Rural Development…
Options news 25 May 2016 Options provides facelift to the Sierra Leone laboratory systems Meet Ahmed, National Specimen Manager for laboratories in Sierra Leone. He lost his elder sister Hawa, a laboratory technician who worked for the Kenema Government Hospital, to the Ebola Virus Disease.…
Options news 23 May 2016 Options' event in Malawi identifies need to strengthen accountability The event, known as a Knowledge Café, was organised by Options and included over 150 representatives from national and local government, and civil society, the donor community and the media. The…
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…