An innovative health insurance scheme, jointly funded by BMZ via KfW Entwicklungsbank and Tanzania’s National Health Insurance Fund, improves pregnant women’s access to safe delivery services and provides financial protection for them and their families at a particularly vulnerable time in their lives.
One year after a massive earthquake hit Nepal, hundreds of health facilities still need to be rebuilt. A detailed engineering assessment of damaged health facilities is helping those involved with reconstruction efforts to plan their work more efficiently.
In many parts of the developing world, sanitary products and hygiene facilities for menstruating women and girls are unavailable or inadequate
It is often said that more Malawian doctors work in Manchester than in Malawi itself
BMZ and UNICEF join forces for adolescents’ access to sexual health treatment, care and support in Malawi
German Development Cooperation draws on regional expertise to reduce maternal deaths in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan by building the clinical skills of anesthesiologists and intensive care doctors.
Bringing together the movers and shakers
A Computer Assisted Hospital Management System increases revenue and improves services
Many children in Bolivia are affected by heart diseases. In 2013, German Development Cooperation, the medical technology company Dräger and local partners joined forces to change this.
Bernd Appelt, GIZ team leader and senior technical advisor, reflects back on five years at the helm of the Multi-sector HIV Prevention Programme in South Africa.
