Media Center
Welcome to Jhpiego's Media Center! You can learn about our organization,
its international programs and the resources available to the media. Jhpiego's
current news and happenings
highlight the public health issues that are important in the world today. To stay abreast of our work, please sign up to receive updates by e-mail.
For more information, or to schedule an interview with a Jhpiego global health expert, please contact Ms. Mona Rock by phone (410.537.1885) or
by e-mail.
Organizational Overview
Areas of Expertise
Jhpiego works on the front lines in low-resource settings throughout the world to help save
and enhance the lives of women and their families. Through advocacy, education and performance improvement, Jhpiego
assists policymakers, educators and trainers in increasing access and reducing barriers to high-quality health services
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Jhpiego has some of the leading experts in the field of global health that can speak on a
variety of topics, such as:
- Preventing cervical cancer in low-resource settings
- Avian flu
- Infection prevention
- Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of opportunistic infections
- Care, treatment and support of people living with HIV/AIDS
- Male circumcision as a means of preventing HIV transmission
- Antiretroviral therapy
- HIV/AIDS counseling and testing
- Integrating family planning into HIV services
- Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT)
- Promoting state-of-the-art approaches to preventing postpartum
hemorrhage
- Malaria in pregnancy
- Establishing systems for training and educating maternal and newborn
care providers
- Developing national guidelines to improve maternal and child health
- Strengthening maternal and newborn health care services
- Mobilizing community participation in safe motherhood and child health
- Developing and disseminating evidence-based reproductive health
standards and guidelines
- Strengthening the health workforce through medical, midwifery and nursing
education and the standards-based management and recognition (SBM-R) approach
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