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The Strength of a Mother
Published April 24, 2025
Motšelisi Tsubane is a 23-year-old mother from Lithabaneng, Berea, in northern Lesotho. Her 4-month-old son, Reabetsoe, is healthy and energetic. “My son likes it when I sing lullabies for him, you’d see him smile and happy,” says Motšelisi. As a single mother, Motšelisi has her challenges. She is unemployed…
Topics:
General
Countries:
Lesotho
Story
Five Questions with Dr. Charlie Maere
Published April 16, 2025
Charlie Maere, PhD, is the global digital health and data analytics director at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF). Previously, he was the health information systems director at EGPAF-Malawi, where he led a team to develop and implement a digital health system across the country. Before joining EGPAF,…
Topics:
General
Countries:
Cameroon,
Democratic Republic of Congo,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Zimbabwe
Story
The Heart of Global Health
Published March 30, 2025
Every day, all around the world, health workers are making a difference. Some are on the frontlines providing direct services to people needing care. Others lend their technical skills in labs and pharmacies. Some work on a systems level, ensuring all of the complex pieces of health care are working…
Topics:
General
Countries:
Kenya,
Malawi,
Nigeria,
Tanzania,
Uganda
Story
Coming Home
Published January 8, 2025
Joshua was orphaned at the age of 2 and adopted by his aunt, Maharo Peshence. As a young boy, he was bullied by neighbors, who informed him that he is not his aunt’s biological child and that he is HIV-positive. Confused and hurt, Joshua started questioning why he had…
Topics:
General
Countries:
Uganda
Story
Becoming a Family
Published January 6, 2025
Daniel, a boy living in southwest Uganda, began to fall ill in his early years of life. Eventually, his mother took him to Kisoro Hospital, where he was diagnosed with HIV. Initially, Daniel responded well to medication and achieved viral suppression—meaning that HIV became undetectable in his blood. …
Topics:
General,
Pediatric HIV
Countries:
Uganda
Story
Walking the Path to Wellness
Published January 1, 2025
Patricia Mbabazi’s smile fills the room as she attentively listens to Mahoro Florah, a matron at her school in Kisoro—in southwest Uganda, near the Rwanda border. Patricia, 16, is alive and healthy today, but it has been a difficult path to well-being—with Mahoro alongside her for much of…
Topics:
General,
Orphan and Vulnerable Children,
Pediatric HIV
Countries:
Uganda
Story
Hope for a Cure
Published November 11, 2024
When Elina Mwasinga was growing up in Malawi, HIV was considered a death sentence. So when she learned she was living with the virus during her first year of university she was scared and unsure where to turn. But her story set her on a path from doubting conventional treatment…
Topics:
General
Countries:
Malawi
Story
A Vital Reservoir
Published November 5, 2024
A fully supported electronic medical record system requires a central database so that the information is available for many uses—from tracking patients at the clinic level to national reporting and analysis of health trends. With EGPAF’s support, Malawi’s Ministry of Health now maintains a centralized data hub, known as the data…
Topics:
General
Countries:
Malawi
Story
The Value of a Birth Certificate
Published November 5, 2024
A health information system provides many benefits for citizens and their government—for instance, helping to implement a uniform process for recording births or deaths. This provides the government with valuable information for decision-making about education, health, and other national issues. It enters children into a system that can then…
Topics:
General
Countries:
Malawi