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Oct 23, 2025

Advancing health innovation at the 2025 International Conference on Primary Health Care

From October 6-10, 2025, global health leaders gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the International Conference on Primary Health Care (ICPHC), organized by the International Institute for Primary Care – Ethiopia in collaboration with the Ethiopia Ministry of Health and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Last Mile…

Sep 25, 2025

“Our health depends on us, our own selves”: Mothers in Liberia aim to change health outcomes through new peer support groups

Under the shade of leafy trees in Yarpah Town, Liberia, a dozen women sit on wooden benches and plastic chairs. One nurses an infant, while another keeps an eye on her toddler as she plays nearby. “What is the most important thing you remember from our last meeting?” asks the…

Jul 31, 2025

Government-owned community health programs are the way forward.

By Lisha McCormick, CEO, Last Mile Health

Last month, New York Times journalist Nick Kristof visited Liberia and Sierra Leone, investigating the impact of USAID’s abrupt termination and gathering evidence on deaths resulting from this unprecedented funding disruption. He traveled with Last Mile Health’s Brittney Varpilah and T…