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It turns out there is a big difference: one mother’s experience with Liga Inan
On a recent visit to the rural village of Maumeta in Timor-Leste’s coastal Liquica municipality, the HAI team encountered Domingas Soares, mother of four, and enrollee in HAI’s Liga Inan program–the first ever mobile health project in Timor-Leste....
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...
Midwife Successfully Resuscitated a 1 Kg Preemie: Saving the Lives of Newborns through follow-up after training
By Rara Dethan, Quality Improvement Coordinator for HAI-Timor-Leste Ana Paula da Silva Sequera has worked as a government midwife for nine years and is a participant in HAI’s Learning Lab program. Recognized by the National Institute of Health in Timor-Leste, Learning...
Liga Inan Hotline: On Call Support to Health Providers in Timor-Leste
By Sarah Meyanathan and Olinda Baptista, HAI staff The Liga Inan hotline was launched in February 2016 and provides remote support to health providers. Designed by Catalpa International and staffed by HAI, the hotline focuses on basic trouble shooting and monitors...
Balancing breastfeeding and work
Welcome to the final day of our celebration of World Breastfeeding Week! Earlier this week, we discussed the health benefits to mother and infant of breastfeeding, the needs of HIV positive mothers who are breastfeeding, and HAI’s work around maternal and infant...
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...
HIV and Breastfeeding: Challenges and the way forward
Welcome back to our series for World Breastfeeding Week! So far we’ve covered the basics of breastfeeding as well as some of the main issues that women face in one of HAI’s countries, Timor-Leste. Today we’ll swing around the world to two other HAI countries, Côte...
Notes from the Field: Breastfeeding in Timor-Leste
As we continue to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week, former Health Alliance International intern Jee Kim sat down with Mary Anne Mercer, HAI’s Senior Maternal and Child Health Advisor. JK: Is it common to see women breastfeeding in public spaces in...
Breastfeeding 101: What is the big deal about breast milk?
By: Julia Robinson and Amanda Young This week Health Alliance International (HAI) is celebrating World Breastfeeding Week! This annual event brings together leaders in global public health to underline education and the importance of breastfeeding and all the health...News from Timor-Leste: HAI and NIH honor Timorese midwives (Tetum version available)
By: Sarah Meyanathan Strengthening clinical competencies for government midwives: National Institute of Health and Health Alliance International Awards 118 Certificates in Safe & Clean Delivery and Essential Newborn Care Dili, July 29, 2016. The National Institute...