International Nurses Day 2026: Empowered Nurses Save Lives
On International Nurses Day 2026, the theme “Our Nurses. Our Future. Empowered Nurses Save Lives.” recognizes the essential role nurses play in building stronger and healthier communities. In Malawi, nurses are often the backbone of the healthcare system, delivering lifesaving care in facilities facing persistent staff shortages and growing demand for services.
Midwives on the Frontlines: Strengthening Maternal Health in Zambia
On International Day of the Midwife 2026, the global theme “One Million More Midwives” underscores a simple but urgent truth: the world cannot achieve safe motherhood and newborn survival without a significant expansion of the midwifery workforce. This shortage is not abstract. It is most visible in countries where maternal and neonatal mortality remain high, and access to skilled care is limited.
In Malawi, 3.3 Million Reasons to Be Grateful
When GAIA began in the early 2000s, we were mostly battling the AIDS epidemic. Today, in response to growing needs from the communities we serve, GAIA has evolved to treat a wide range of other common but potentially life-threatening conditions.
One Year Later: The Lasting Fallout of USAID’s Collapse on Global Health and Aid
Over one year since the USAID stop-work order took effect, the impacts on foreign aid efforts continue to be felt by communities and organizations around the world.
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Resilience: The new normal? Responding to the challenges of a dual pandemic: How outreach mobile health clinics maintained HIV testing and linkage services in the face of COVID-19
Presented at the 2022 International AIDS Conference from July 29 - August 2, 2022
Clinic and community case finding to prevent and identify new HIV infections among children and adolescents at risk and improve treatment outcomes for those living with HIV in rural Malawi
Presented at the 2022 International AIDS Conference from Jul 29 - August 2, 2022.
Building a well trained and resilient health workforce to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Presented at the 2022 International AIDS Conference from Jul 29 - August 2, 2022.
Ensuring continuity of care for PLHIV and those at risk in crisis: using mobile clinics to provide integrated HIV care in the aftermath of 2019 flooding in Malawi
Presented at the 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020) from July 6 - 10, 2020.
Nurses on the Frontlines of Collapse: Advocacy, Leadership, and HIV Care in the Wake of United States Agency for International Development’s Withdrawal From Kenya, Malawi, and the Philippines
Published in September 2025.
The impact of pulse oximetry and Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) training on antibiotic prescribing practices in rural Malawi: A mixed-methods study
Published on November 19, 2020.
“Our girls need to see a path to the future” -- perspectives on sexual and reproductive health information among adolescent girls, guardians, and initiation counselors in Mulanje district, Malawi
Published on January 25, 2019.
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December 2021 I GAIA Nursing Scholars Share What Brings Them Joy
Published on December 17, 2021.
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Kamuzu University of Health Sciences Nursing Scholar Inauguration Ceremony
Published on November 2, 2021.
Nkhoma College of Nursing and Midwifery Nursing Scholar Inauguration Ceremony
Published on November 2, 2021.
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