Ecuador – Healthy DEvelopments

The Bingwa Initiative – how young people have boosted Africa’s COVID-19 vaccination campaigns

Healthy DEvelopments — Mon, 08 May 2023 19:54:12 +0000

Across the African continent young volunteers have volunteered to accelerate the uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations. This Africa CDC initiative is a deliberate effort to ensure that Africa’s greatest asset - young people - are fully involved in, and own, their countries’ COVID-19 responses and recovery strategies.

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India’s transgender people gain access to social health insurance

Healthy DEvelopments — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 21:15:58 +0000

In an inspiring example of Germany’s feminist development policy in action, the Indo-German Universal Health Coverage (IGUHC) project is supporting the Government of India to extend social health insurance to the transgender community, upholding their rights to free, quality health services.

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Maintaining essential healthcare services in a war-hit Ukraine

Healthy DEvelopments — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:31:40 +0000

Ukrainian health services have been under continuous attack for over a year. BACKUP Health is lending vital assistance to two Ukrainian organisations that deliver healthcare to frontline areas and provide shelter for the most vulnerable.

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Planting seeds of change in India: How communal gardening and learning about nutrition improves families’ lives and transforms gender roles

Healthy DEvelopments — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:54:59 +0000

In the central Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra a gender-transformative project is breaking the cycle of malnutrition to empower women, through knowledge and employment, to access a balanced range of nutritious home-grown foods for their children, themselves and their families.

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A new bio-security lab is boosting Ecuador’s pandemic preparedness

Healthy DEvelopments — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 13:52:38 +0000

Why Ecuador’s government and health workers are determined to make their health system more resilient - and how German technical cooperation supports this endeavour.

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