If we could increase access to contraceptives to meet the need to avoid pregnancy, it is estimated that it would result in 50 million fewer abortions per year worldwide.
HTHH had the opportunity to lead a half day event at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington.
HTHH Visits Port au Prince, Haiti
Jul 14 2016
By Jenny Eaton Dyer, PhD
Hope Through Healing Hands and CARE will partner to lead a bi-partisan delegation of celebrities, philanthropists, and thought leaders predominately from the faith community this fall with the leadership of Senator Bill Frist, MD to Haiti.By Jenny Eaton Dyer, PhD, Shannon Franklin, PhD, and Brian L. Heuser, EdD
With the support of Capital for Good, HTHH directed a 3-part national polling project in 2016 that included a national tracking study, an optimized messaging study, and focus groups.
Effective philanthropy is driven by three questions — why, what, and how? AEI President Arthur Brooks was joined by Melinda Gates for a discussion about how the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation answers these questions in their efforts to solve major public health and education challenges around the globe.
FGHL Blog: Jennifer Elia - The people of Kijabe have taught me to always give thanks to God
Jun 23 2016
By FGHL Jennifer Elia, M.D.
I have spent the last 2 weeks working in the 5-bed Intensive Care Unit at AIC Kijabe Hospital in Kijabe, Kenya. The ICU here is actually one of the more developed and organized in all of Kenya.FGHL Blog: Christopher Wahlfeld - Integrated approach to community health touches all aspects of daily life
Jun 17 2016
By FGHL Christopher Wahlfeld
My first few weeks here have been spent getting acquainted with the community and Lwala’s approach to promoting health and well-being in the region.By FGHL James Matthew Kynes, MD
The need for qualified health workers across sub-Saharan Africa is astounding, and it is humbling to meet people who are filling those needs by overcoming incredible odds.By James Nardella, executive director of the Lwala Community Alliance
As a male, I now better understand that the barriers to maternal and child health care are not only resource barriers or technical barriers, but also moral and gender barriers.FGHL Blog: Candice Collins - Blog 1
Jun 13 2016
My 44-hour journey from Knoxville, TN to Zhengzhou, China was exhausting, but fairly easy and uneventful. During the 16-hour flight from JFK to Guangzhou, I had trouble sleeping due to anticipation of what was to come, which led to a migraine. The process to go through immigrations and customs was almost identical to that in the United States when arriving in Guangzhou. After a two-hour delay, I finally boarded my flight to Zhengzhou!