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March 23, 2015
Maternal and Infant Health Meet Smartphones
Community health workers in India are using mobile technology to save and improve the lives of pregnant women and their babies.More
March 19, 2015
HIV Testing, Counseling and Care
Nwoba Ogbonna proudly shows the bunch of dry leaves and pieces of tree bark she is clutching, which she uses to make a potent concoction she says will help a woman in labor deliver her baby without much difficulty....More
March 18, 2015
HIV Testing, Counseling in Nigeria
Ngozi Ifediagwu beams a welcoming smile at the young man who approaches her desk. Under a tent near a busy shopping mall in Enugu, Nigeria, Ngozi and her fellow volunteers provide counseling and HIV testing services to the public in a series of activities leading up to World AIDS Day....More
March 13, 2015
Helping Hands for Burkina Faso Women
Twenty years ago, Clementine Tapsobah was struck by a double tragedy.
First her son died unexpectedly. Then Clementine was banished from the community. Why? Her neighbors insisted the boy had died because Clementine practiced witchcraft....More
February 12, 2015
Training Health Care Workers for Ebola
At least 100 health care workers have died from Ebola in Guinea, undermining the ability of the health care system to continue delivering routine services. Catholic Relief Services and our local partners are organizing training for more than 3,000 health care workers on when and how to use...More
February 11, 2015
Ebola Outbreak: Protecting Health Care Workers
You're a doctor at one of the few clinics equipped to deal with trauma patients in a capital city. Several people critically injured in a nearby car crash are brought in. Some are bleeding severely.
What do you do?
Oh, one other thing: Ebola has been reported in your city....More
February 11, 2015
Ebola: Doctors Risk Their Lives for Their Village
When Dr. Siba Povogui and his colleagues in Guinea's capital city of Conakry heard what was happening in their home village of N'zénié, they had to do something.
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February 9, 2015
Syrian Refugees Supported in Lebanon
Since 2011, Syrians have been fleeing their country to escape a brutal civil war. CRS continues to help these refugees in several countries, including Jordan and Lebanon. Near the Syrian border, in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, CRS supports our partner the Good Shepherd Sisters in operating a...More
February 3, 2015
Ebola Cases Decline, Threat Remains
Catholic Relief Services is continuing our response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa by capitalizing on our long history in the region, and our broad community and Church networks. The Ebola outbreak that began last March has killed more than 8,800 people. While we have seen a turning point...More
January 27, 2015
Helping Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Nigeria
Under the shade of a mango tree, dozens of women gather to learn about preparing healthy meals for the children in their care. Some are orphaned. All have suffered hardship that has left them vulnerable in so many ways, including malnutrition....More
