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Project 360: Supporting Families Before, During and After Disaster
By Jessica Ayala When wildfires rage, power grids fail or heat waves strike, most families worry about staying safe, but for pregnant individuals and new parents, the stakes are even higher. Disaster preparedness and response...
Delivering Health Through Partnership
How Kirk Humanitarian Is Advancing Maternal Nutrition Globally At Global Communities, we believe that the most effective solutions to global health challenges are built on strong partnerships. One of our most impactful collaborations is with...
Preparing for Hurricanes from Forecast to Aftermath
As hurricane season barrels into Latin America and the Caribbean each June, communities across the region brace for impact. With an average of 14 named storms, seven hurricanes, and three major hurricanes of Category 3...
Uniting for Change: Community-Driven Solutions to Prevent Child Marriage
Sanjay Dubey, a high school teacher in the Palamu district of Jharkand, India, was taking attendance for his 9th grade class when he noticed something unsettling — Shreya*, one of his students, had been absent...
From Commitment to Care: Sustaining Integrated Health and Family Planning Services in Burkina Faso
By Idrissa Derra, Community Health Technical Specialist, INSPiRE Two years ago, the CSPS Urbain de Pô health center in southern Burkina Faso began delivering integrated maternal and child health, nutrition, and family planning services through...
Menstrual Health Is Everyone’s Responsibility — A Global Perspective on Girls’ Education
By Leonel Arguello, Director, Integrated School Feeding Programs, Global Communities Six years ago, I had the opportunity to visit primary schools in rural Tanzania where Global Communities was implementing a McGovern-Dole Food for Education project....
World Health Worker Week: A Global Call to Invest in Health Workers
By Abbey Savin Each year during the first week of April, the Frontline Health Workers Coalition – hosted by IntraHealth International, a Global Communities Partner – leads World Health Worker Week (WHWWeek), a powerful platform...
Returning Home At Last: A Fragile New Chapter in Northern Syria
By Jasper Vaughn The past six months have brought both upheaval and hope for people displaced by conflict in northern Syria. Since the overthrow of the Assad regime in December 2024, more than 470,000 refugees...
Margaret Odera: Championing Community Health Workers in Kenya
Health workers are the heart of global health security, playing a crucial role in preventing and responding to pandemics, as well as addressing growing threats of other infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and maternal and...