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Frontier areas along the border between Bolivia and Peru are now more accessible due to the recent completion of the transoceanic highway linking Peruvian ports on the Pacific Ocean with Brazilian ports on the Atlantic. Along with the commerce, migration, and truck traffic spurred by the highway will come likely increases in the incidence of HIV, tuberculosis, and other communicable diseases in the border region, as well as a general hike in the demand for health services. Read more »

Last month, a number of African health ministers recommitted to making more investments in the health sector, building greater health research capacity, accelerating the response to noncommunicable diseases, and employing eHealth technologies to improve the efficiency, quality, and use of health services, among other things. These commitments were made in the form of eight resolutions that resulted from the 54th Conference of the East, Central, and Southern African (ECSA) Health Ministers. The conference was sponsored by the East, Central, and Southern African Health Community (ECSA-HC). Read more »

In the context of the global health worker shortage and the rapidly expanding population, getting health services to people in need is a persistent challenge. “Women and families often live long distances from the nearest health facility,” says Scott Radloff, director of USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health, “so strategies that extend information and services to the community level are the ones that have proven largely successful.” Read more »