Likuni Mission Hospital, Malawi
Likuni Mission Hospital: Where Giving Women More Control Contributes to a Falling Maternal Death Rate
One of the challenges faced by hospitals across Malawi is women's resistance to in-hospital births because the rituals and traditions practiced at home during the birthing process are not easily replicated or accepted in a hospital setting. This article shares the success that one hospital had in incorporating traditional practices with skilled birthing and dramatically increasing the number of women giving birth in a clinical setting.
Creative Problem Solving in South Africa
Solving Treatment Bottlenecks
In Mthatha, South Africa (located in the Eastern Cape), clinics are working to improve access to testing and treatment of HIV/AIDs. Using quality improvement principles and techniques, health care providers have succeeded in dramatically increasing the number of patients on antiretrovirals.
