| Blog of the Week |
| PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS IN ACTION IN MALAWI |
| Keeping track of even one patient undergoing treatment for HIV/AIDS can be complicated enough. Doing it for over 472,865 patients when you’re a low income country coping with high demand and a sputtering economy magnifies the complexity. Which is why Malawi’s story – and its solution – is attracting attention and praise. It’s a story of how Electronic Medical Record System (EMRS) technology is being used and the foresight needed to bring it to reality. You don’t have to look far to see the positive results…read blog |
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| Infographic of the Week |
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| Video of the Week |
| MALAWI: TOWARDS A GENERATION BORN HIV-FREE(from UNICEF) |
| Malawi has taken a simplified approach towards protecting babies from being born with HIV. The results have been remarkable…watch video |
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| Story of the Week |
| SARAFINA’S STORY: AN EXCEPTIONAL HIV COUNSELING AND TESTING PROVIDER IN NAMIBIA |
| In 1992, Ms. Sarafina Kafungu received news that would change her life: she was HIV positive. However, it took her a while to accept that fact. “I was in denial for eight years. I told people lies, told them I had skin problems, not HIV,” she remembers. “I suffered because I didn’t have information about HIV, but honestly, I did not want any information.” Then, one day, a woman from her church approached her. “I was very sick at that point. She told me to get up from my bed, to ask for forgiveness, to tell the truth. That day I told my mother, who was taking care of me, and I began telling people who would come visit me about my HIV status.”…read story |
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