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Formerly Minnesota International Health Volunteers
Improving the health of women, children and their communities around the world.
Success Stories
WellShare International, with funding from President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) New Partners Initiative, just completed the first year of its Partnering for Positive Livelihoods Program (PPLP) in Mubende and Ssembabule Districts, Uganda. Muron Ocakara Nicholas, the Chief Administrative Officer for Mubende District, already feels the project has been successful in its efforts to strengthen partnerships at the district level. Such teamwork is seen in the linkages being created among faith- and community-based organizations (F/CBOs), key opinion leaders, and district officials to combat the scourge of HIV/AIDS in their communities. Teamwork at this level cannot...
Teddy Ajiduru and her three children live in a grass hut. When one enters the hut and pulls back the bedroom curtain, something immediately catches the eye: a white net hanging properly above the family’s only bed.
Ajiduru, who lives in the rural village of Ombizoko, has benefited greatly from a mass distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) in Arua District, Uganda. The Uganda Malaria Community Partnership, with funding from the President’s Malaria Initiative, facilitated and organized the LLIN distribution, while community members such as Community Medicine Distributors (CMDs), Village Health Teams (VHTs), and local government officials...
