Project News

The USAID supported TRAction Project and Unicef are co-funding researchers from Johns Hopkins University to carry out a one year, multi-country and global policy analysis of Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) of childhood illness and newborn care in order to identify facilitating factors and barriers for iCCM policy reform and program development.   

Impact Carbon’s Preliminary Focus Group Discussions on Improved Cookstoves Reveal Positive Reactions from Ugandan Women
Half of the world’s population cooks with solid fuels on poorly functioning stoves or open fires, primarily using wood or other biomass. Nearly 2 million people, mostly women and children, die each year as a consequence of household air pollution levels that are typically 100 times greater than World Health Organization air quality guidelines.

Press Release

Mother’s Day offers an opportunity to celebrate our mothers, who perform the unique role of bringing new life into the world. Unfortunately, in developed and developing countries alike, some women experience disrespectful and abusive care during childbirth, a time of intense vulnerability.