One of India’s most promising quality maternal care initiatives was featured at the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics’ triennial World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Rio de Janeiro from October 14 to October 19. The Manyata for Mothers program improves the quality of maternity care in private facilities in India, a country in which…

The Fifth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research organized by the Joint Learning Network (JLN) was held on October 10, 2018. The session entitled Solving UHC Challenges through Practitioner-to-Practitioner Learning included a mini-demonstration of the joint learning model by JLN members Dr. Omar Ahmed Omar Mohammed from Kenya, Dr. Kamaliah Noh from Malaysia, Dr. Nneka Orji from Nigeria, and John Ryu from…

ACCESS Health International Chair and President William A. Haseltine was the keynote speaker at a policy event hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Productivity in a Greying World. Dr. Haseltine joined experts from the Milken Institute and Foreign Policy to discuss how to maximize productivity as the global labor force ages and declines. As populations age around…

The ACCESS Health Philippines team is working in close partnership with Community Health Solutions on a new public private partnership that will bring much needed tuberculosis counseling, screening, diagnostic testing, and treatment to a select city in Metropolitan Manila. The eighteen month pilot project is funded by TB REACH, a funding mechanism under the Stop TB Partnership and supported…

The Modern Aging Program in China recently launched a new online curriculum, including a series of online videos on the Modern Aging China website. The online curriculum is an important part of the Modern Aging China program as it provides members of the Modern Aging network an opportunity to learn best practices and gain critical expertise in…

In September, the government of Uttar Pradesh launched a new state health insurance program that will provide secondary and tertiary healthcare coverage for more than fifty million people in the state living under the poverty line. ACCESS Health India is a technical partner of the state health agency in Uttar Pradesh that is responsible for the…

ACCESS Health India and its partners are working hard to build momentum around a major event at end of year in New Delhi. The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Forum will bring together more than one thousand partners dedicated to the the achievement of the UN Secretary General’s Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health…

In India, the National Rural Health Mission is the federal government program in charge of providing accessible, affordable, quality health services to the poorest households in the remotest rural regions of the country. As part of the program’s efforts to constantly improve progress, the Indian governments set up a Common Review Mission, which is mandated…

Modern Aging Singapore announced the nine teams moving forward to the next phase of its business accelerator program. The Modern Aging business accelerator program is the first of its kind in Singapore, creating unique growth opportunities for startup companies that cater to the growing elder market and their challenges. The program identifies, develops and scales startup companies…

The Health Futures team in China held a special open house day for its Modern Aging program. Modern Aging is a catalyst for new businesses and innovation in elder and long term care. At the recent Modern Aging Open Day in Shanghai, three new projects joined the network, with an eye to expanding their market…