Are you a writer with a passion for global health? Submit your global health themed stories in wither the Fiction of Creative non-fiction category for a chance to win an entry to the Writer’s Guild of Alberta’s Writing Retreat from February 19-23, 2020. Click the link below for full contest […]
In June, PM Justin Trudeau announced that Canada is increasing international funding for women and children’s health to $1.4 billion annually, starting in 2023. The ten-year commitment renews Canada’s current contribution to reproductive, maternal, newborn and children’s health to 2030 and is aimed at addressing critical gaps in sexual and […]
Mama na Mtoto collaborated with the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) and Healthy Child Uganda (HCU) to create a Community Health Engagement Field Experience Group Study Program. Students had the opportunity to work alongside the HCU team, local communities, and MUST […]
Last week, our Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) team launched an inter-facility Closed User Group (CUG) service in Kwimba District. Attended by facility supervisors, the Kwimba Council Health Management Team and district leaders, the launch event saw cell phones linked via the CUG distributed to 52 public health facilities. The devices […]