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SRH Commodities: Data Collection Report – Kenya 2017

Report | 12 February, 2018 | Download PDF This report presents data from the initial roll-out of the HAI research methodology, SRHC: Measuring Prices, Availability and Affordability, in Kenya. The…
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12 February 2018

SRH Commodities: Data Collection Report – Kenya 2017

Report | 12 February, 2018 | Download PDF This report presents data from the initial roll-out of the HAI research methodology, SRHC: Measuring Prices, Availability and Affordability, in Kenya. The…
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12 February 2018

On the Road in Kilifi County: HAI Launches Snakebite Programme in Kenya

by BEN WALDMANN, Snakebite Project Manager and SOPHIE VON BERNUS, Project Associate Health Action International’s (HAI) snakebite team temporarily traded the grey skies of Amsterdam for the sunny coasts of…
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12 February 2018

The Forgotten Victims of Snakebite

by BIRTE BOGATZ, Communications Advisor Scola Kiplagat from Emsos, Kenya was just two when she died. Her cries awoke her parents on the night of her death, but they couldn’t…
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30 November 2017

Health Action International Launches Programme to Improve Snakebite Situation in Kenya

Media Backgrounder | 23 November, 2017 | Download PDF Free snakebite emergency information poster available in Kilifi County NAIROBI—Health Action International (HAI) today launched a new research, education and advocacy…
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23 November 2017

Health Action International Launches Programme to Improve Snakebite Situation in Kenya

Media Backgrounder | 23 November, 2017 | Download PDF Free snakebite emergency information poster available in Kilifi County NAIROBI—Health Action International (HAI) today launched a new research, education and advocacy…
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23 November 2017

HAI Snakebite Programme – Kenya

Media Backgrounder | 23 November, 2017 | Download PDF Global Snakebite Burden Snakebite is a major cause of death, particularly in tropical countries. Worldwide, about 138,000 people per year die…
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23 November 2017

HAI Snakebite Programme – Kenya

Media Backgrounder | 23 November, 2017 | Download PDF Global Snakebite Burden Snakebite is a major cause of death, particularly in tropical countries. Worldwide, about 138,000 people per year die…
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23 November 2017

Giving Snakebite Victims a Voice

Health Action International Presents “Minutes to Die” at the Dutch Global Health Film Festival by BIRTE BOGATZ, Communications Advisor How do you measure the burden of a health emergency? We…
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12 October 2017

SRH Commodities: Measuring Prices, Availability & Affordability (Methodology & Data Entry Manual)

SRH Commodities Methodology & Data Entry Manual | 10 October, 2017 | Download PDF Good sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being in…
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10 October 2017

SRH Commodities: Measuring Prices, Availability & Affordability (Methodology & Data Entry Manual)

SRH Commodities Methodology & Data Entry Manual | 10 October, 2017 | Download PDF Good sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being in…
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10 October 2017

HAI’s Research into Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Commodities Now in Full Swing

by BOBBI KLETTKE, Communications Manager The methodology has been finalised. The pilot testing is complete. And data collection officials are trained. Health Action International’s study into the price, availability and affordability…
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25 September 2017

HAI & Global Snakebite Initiative Applaud WHO’s Adoption of Snakebite Envenoming as Top-level Neglected Tropical Disease

Press Release | 12 June, 2017 | Download PDF Category A’ status to spark large-scale WHO action to prevent and treat catastrophic snakebite envenoming which kills and injures world’s poorest AMSTERDAM—Health…
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12 June 2017

HAI & Global Snakebite Initiative Applaud WHO’s Adoption of Snakebite Envenoming as Top-level Neglected Tropical Disease

Press Release | 12 June, 2017 | Download PDF Category A’ status to spark large-scale WHO action to prevent and treat catastrophic snakebite envenoming which kills and injures world’s poorest AMSTERDAM—Health…
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12 June 2017

Staff Spotlight: Mieke Bakx

In our new blog series, “Staff Spotlight”, we’re introducing you to people who are worth a mint to us: Our staff. What would an organisation like ours be without these…
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16 May 2017

Small country, big thinkers: Why it’s only natural for the Netherlands to take on a pioneering role in snakebite advocacy

by BIRTE BOGATZ, Communications Advisor Ask other nationalities what they associate with the Dutch and you’ll most likely hear, “cheese, windmills and tulips”. Annoying perennial prejudices—although the cheese really IS…
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4 May 2017

Measuring Prices and Availability of Locally-produced and Imported Medicines

Press Release | 18 January 2017 | Download PDF Health Action International Releases New Study on Prices of Locally-produced Medicines in Ethiopia and Tanzania Governments supporting local production of medicines…
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18 January 2017

Health Action International Launches Study to Examine Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Commodities in Kenya, Uganda and Zambia

by BOBBI KLETTKE New mothers sit with their babies in Kenya. Health Action International is researching barriers that are preventing people from accessing sexual and reproductive health commodities in Kenya,…
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13 December 2016

Prices and Availability of Locally Produced and Imported Medicines in Ethiopia

Report | 5 December 2016 | Download PDF Executive summary A survey was undertaken in Ethiopia in August 2013 to measure and compare the price and availability of locally produced…
5 December 2016

Prices and Availability of Locally Produced and Imported Medicines in Ethiopia

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Report | 5 December 2016 | Download PDF Executive summary A survey was undertaken in Ethiopia in August 2013 to measure and compare the price and availability of locally…
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5 December 2016

Prices and Availability of Locally Produced and Imported Medicines in Tanzania

Report | 5 December 2016 | Download PDF Executive summary A survey was undertaken in Tanzania in August 2013 to measure and compare the price and availability of locally produced and…
5 December 2016

Prices and Availability of Locally Produced and Imported Medicines in Tanzania

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Report | 5 December 2016 | Download PDF Executive summary A survey was undertaken in Tanzania in August 2013 to measure and compare the price and availability of locally produced…
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5 December 2016

Health Systems Advocacy Partnership: Fact Sheet

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Fact Sheet | 30 November 2016 | Download PDF The Health Systems Advocacy Partnership will contribute to stronger health systems so people in Sub-Saharan Africa gain better access to…
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30 November 2016

Health Systems Advocacy Partnership: Fact Sheet

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Fact Sheet | 30 November 2016 | Download PDF The Health Systems Advocacy Partnership will contribute to stronger health systems so people in Sub-Saharan Africa gain better access to…
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30 November 2016

Press Release: Health Action International Receives €460,000 Grant from Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Fight Snakebite Death & Disability in Sub-Saharan Africa

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Press Release | 26 October 2016 | Download PDF Health Action International (HAI) was today awarded a €460,000 grant from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to scale up advocacy…
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26 October 2016

Press Release: Health Action International Receives €460,000 Grant from Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Fight Snakebite Death & Disability in Sub-Saharan Africa

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Press Release | 26 October 2016 | Download PDF Health Action International (HAI) was today awarded a €460,000 grant from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to scale up advocacy…
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26 October 2016

Global Snakebite Initiative Appoints Health Action International as Secretariat

AMSTERDAM—The Global Snakebite Initiative, the international non-profit organisation that is developing a collective framework to address the neglected global tragedy of snakebite envenoming, today announced the appointment of Health Action…
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19 November 2015

Global Snakebite Initiative Appoints Health Action International as Secretariat

AMSTERDAM—The Global Snakebite Initiative, the international non-profit organisation that is developing a collective framework to address the neglected global tragedy of snakebite envenoming, today announced the appointment of Health Action…
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19 November 2015

World Health Assembly Executive Board 136: YP-CDN and HAI intervention on the progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases

by KAVITHA KOLAPPA (Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network) and TIM REED (HAI) Thank you Chair and esteemed delegates: I am speaking on behalf of Health Action International and the Young Professionals Chronic…
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2 February 2015

HAI Launches Innovative Global Study to Improve Access to Insulin

by MARG EWEN, Global Pricing Co-ordinator and ACCISS Study Co-investigator The global need for insulin, a hormone that converts sugar, starches and other food into needed energy for everyday activities,…
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16 January 2015