Health worker heroes

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A group of ANMs and ASHAs proudly displaying UWIN-enabled mobile and tablet devices after achieving 100% registration. Credit: Government of Madhya Pradesh

How two cities in India managed to digitise vaccination status

22 Apr 2025

8 min read

Health worker heroes

Waida Kasaya, a clinical officer, leads a team of health workers improving HPV vaccination rates in the Kibra informal slum. Credit: Muthoki Kithanze

In Kenya’s Kibra, nurses carry the HPV vaccine gospel

25 Mar 2025

7 min read

HPV Health worker heroes

Nepal's Upper Mustang region is one of the world's most remote, yet vaccinators like Suresh still brave the mountains to deliver protection to local families. Credit: Gavi/2024/Quentin Curzon

A desert 4,000m in the sky: Nepal’s health workers reach some of the world’s most remote communities

24 Mar 2025

8 min read

Health worker heroes Climate change

JSI and partner staff with health workers, including a nurse (second and fourth from left), after administering HPV vaccinations to students. Credit: Richard Adupong, JSI

A leader’s promise: protecting Nigeria’s girls from cervical cancer

17 Mar 2025

4 min read

HPV Health worker heroes

School principal Afodia Yusuf (left) in discussion with a nurse (right) before commencing HPV vaccination for students. Credit: Richard Adupong, JSI

A school principal’s fight against cervical cancer in Nigeria

14 Mar 2025

3 min read

HPV Health worker heroes

Lindiwe gently positions Sincobiles baby. Credit: Sibusiso Dlamini

An Eswatini midwife’s fight against infant mortality

12 Mar 2025

5 min read

Health worker heroes Maternal and child health

Sheikh Dr Ismail supporting the HPV vaccination campaign for girls. Credit: JSI.

The Nigerian cleric on a mission to protect girls from cervical cancer

11 Mar 2025

4 min read

Health worker heroes HPV

Entrance gate to FMC, Jalingo. Credit: FMC, Jalingo

Health workers risk their lives as Lassa fever spreads in Nigeria

27 Feb 2025

8 min read

Health worker heroes Lassa fever

Young mothers accompanied by Traditional Birth Attendants waiting for their babies to be vaccinated at the Kopsiro Model Health Center. Credit: Pius Sawa

In western Kenya, traditional birth attendants become vaccine champions

12 Feb 2025

6 min read

Health worker heroes Routine immunisation Zero-dose children

Sibongile Mukwananzi, a village health worker in Marange, Zimbabwe. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe

Meet the Zimbabwean health worker helping mothers in a religious sect to protect their kids

29 Jan 2025

6 min read

Health worker heroes Zero-dose children

Balinda (4th from right) poses for a picture with patients and some medical staff during the launch of a support group in Rwamagana district in 2019. Credit: Jean Paul Balinda

"Then God sent Mr Balinda" – the Rwandan nurse supporting cervical cancer patients

6 Jan 2025

5 min read

HPV Health worker heroes

A health worker administering polio drops to a child during nationwide door to door campaign in Pakistan. Credit: Gavi/2020/Asad Zaidi

In memoriam: VaccinesWork remembers health care workers killed in 2024

23 Dec 2024

4 min read

Health worker heroes Conflict & humanitarian

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