Cyclone Idai: Take Action Now to Support Relief Efforts

Cyclone Idai: Take Action Now to Support Relief Efforts

Aerial footage of a National Health Service health center supported by Health Alliance International in Buzi, Mozambique in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai. ​On Thursday March 14, Cyclone Idai hit Beira – Mozambique’s largest port city and home to Health Alliance...
World AIDS Day 2016: A world without AIDS is within our reach

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

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

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

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

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...
HAI Advocacy Team at APHA 2015

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...
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...

World Health Day 2015!

Welcome to the second day of World Health Worker Week, where we here at HAI are taking a look at the many ways health workers – who are on the front lines of some of the world’s most pressing health challenges – work tirelessly to provide critical health services to...