Get ready for your close up: HAI’s IDEAs project on film

Author: Lee Hicks, Program Manager for Mozambique Programs In March 2018, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) and FORWARD STORYSTUDIO, a production company based in San Francisco, visited Sofala Province, Mozambique, to film HAI’s Integrated District Evidence...
Press Release – Timor-Leste

Press Release – Timor-Leste

The City of Moonee Valley donates mobile phones to Liquica Municipality for use in the Liga Inan, mHealth program. Liquica, Timor-Leste, July 13 2017 On 13 July 2017, Health Alliance International had the honour of handing over a donation of 33 mobile phones on behalf...
Ama Ferik:  HAI Midwife Helps Local Women Establish Home Industry

Ama Ferik: HAI Midwife Helps Local Women Establish Home Industry

By Susan Thompson, Director of Timor-Leste Programs When HAI Timor-Leste midwife, Rara Dethan, attended the Women Deliver Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark in May 2016, she was supported by a Women Deliver Young Leader Scholarship. The focus of the conference was the...
Why don’t more women breastfeed?

Why don’t more women breastfeed?

If you’ve been keeping up with our blog the past few days, you already know that we’re celebrating World Breastfeeding Week.  We’ve discussed the health benefits to mother and infant of breastfeeding, the needs of HIV positive mothers who are breastfeeding, and HAI’s...
Landmark book Sickness and Wealth is back in print!

Landmark book Sickness and Wealth is back in print!

By: Mary Anne Mercer and Meredith Fort Over ten years ago, health advocates at both HAI and the University of Washington were becoming increasingly concerned with the rise of neoliberal-style globalization and its likely effects on health, particularly in...
Global Fund for Women Showcases HAI-Timor’s Mobile Moms Project

Global Fund for Women Showcases HAI-Timor’s Mobile Moms Project

We are so excited to share a recent report from The Global Fund for Women currently showcasing HAI Timor-Leste’s Mobile Moms project!  We’re proud of our team there and all of the other amazing work they do.  Find out more about HAI Timor-Leste and support...

Stocking health facilities needs people and supplies

HAI works in some pretty remote locales – think of small villages nestled in the mountains of Timor-Leste, or the end of a long dirt road in Côte d’Ivoire.  Getting supplies out to health clinics in these areas is a constant challenge that Ministries of Health face...