World AIDS Day 2016: A world without AIDS is within our reach
Thirty-five years ago, the world first came to know about a virus which would change the course of history and be responsible for more than 35 million deaths worldwide. Every December 1st, World AIDS Day, the world takes a moment to reflect upon the history of...
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...
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...
Press release: Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister recognized
Prime Minister H.E. Dr. Rui Maria de Araújo Presented with World No Tobacco Day Award Prime Minister H.E. Dr. Rui Maria de Araújo and HAI Timor Leste Director Che Katz Dili 4 July 2016. Prime Minister H.E. Dr. Rui Maria de Araújo was presented with the World No...Demonstration of Newborn Resuscitation for the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia in Dili, Timor-Leste
By Sarah Meyanathan The Governor-General of Australia, His Excellency General the Honorable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd) visited a community health center in Dili on March 2, 2016 as part of an official visit to Timor-Leste. Along with Government midwives, HAI...
HAI Advocacy Team at APHA 2015
Last week, over 12,000 people attended the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA) in Chicago, where important scientific discoveries were announced, best practices for delivering health care were discussed, and strategies for advancing the...HAI Publication Alert: Mental Health in Mozambique
HAI is excited to announce the recent publication of one of the first ever peer-reviewed articles to address mental healthcare in Mozambique! HAI’s very own Brad Wagenaar and Kenneth Sherr, with co-collaborators from the UW and Mozambique Ministry of Health,...First Training of Strategic Information Fellows in Mozambique
By: Catie Henley, Program Manager Mozambique HAI-Mozambique’s USAID Strategic Information project (“Projeto SIIM”, or “Strategic Information Improvement”) began in November 2014. The SIIM project aims to improve health data systems so that high...