Public-Private Partnerships for Better Patient Care

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As the COVID-19 pandemic developed, medical centers around the world faced a shortage of medical equipment and supplies needed to care for patients. These medical facilities also were searching for ways to connect with specialists who could guide them through treating coronavirus patients.

Local Needs Drive COVID-19 Response

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As trucks carrying food packages reached Tajikistan’s Bartang Valley in late 2020, the residents of Basid village made their way to the food distribution point. Among them was 64-year-old Avalbegim Javmamadova.

“We All Feel Healthier”: The Impact of Improved Sanitation Access on Communities in India

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”8955″ img_size=”large”][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][vc_column_text]Patna, the capital city of the Indian state of Bihar, sprawls along the South Bank of the river Ganga, in the northeastern part of India. With buzzing rickshaws, loud car horns, and chatty street vendors, Patna is home to over 2 million people. Nearly two-thirds of its people live in informal settlements, […]

Making Masks for Rural Communities in Tajikistan

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This story is authored by Hazel Correa, senior regional development outreach and communications coordinator at USAID/Central Asia, and is reposted from USAID Central Asia’s Exposure blog.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”8924″ img_size=”large”][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][vc_column_text]Roziyamo Kabirova lives in a remote village in the scenic Wakhan Valley, in Ishkoshim district of Tajikistan that borders Afghanistan and Pakistan. She enjoys the unspoiled natural […]

Using Graffiti to Spread Awareness of COVID-19 in Kenya

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”8851″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text]When the COVID-19 pandemic reached Kenya, social and mainstream media were flooded with prevention messages. Though all these initiatives are important, many Kenyans, particularly in informal settlements, have limited or no access to social and mainstream media. This is further exacerbated in informal settlements by limited literacy. This makes them particularly […]

AKF Develops Youth Skills to Help Rural Communities Respond to COVID-19

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In December 2019, 20-year-old Karishma completed a course at Yuva Junction, where she learned sewing skills to make women’s clothes. Now, she’s sewing face masks for vulnerable families in her rural community in northern Bihar, India, and is an important part of the Aga Khan Development Network’s response to COVID-19.