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	<title>Millennium Villages Blog &#187; Health</title>
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	<description>Extreme Poverty Ends Here</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>New health and community facilities in Sauri</title>
		<link>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/07/06/new-health-and-community-facilities-in-sauri/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Salome Munyendo</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sauri, Kenya]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[kenya]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/?p=1691</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Members of the small community of Uranga, in Western Kenya, don&#8217;t have to walk long distances anymore to access healthcare. Now, they can visit St. Elizabeth Onding dispensary, which was inaugurated recently by local officials and the Sauri Millennium Village team. The villagers were so aware of the need for such a facility that one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mama kit: Every detail counts in fight for maternal health</title>
		<link>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/04/26/mama-kit-every-detail-counts-in-fight-for-maternal-health/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/04/26/mama-kit-every-detail-counts-in-fight-for-maternal-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shakilah Bint Shiekh</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Villages Project]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ruhiira, Uganda]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[attended births]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/?p=1674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Improving maternal health and encouraging expectant women to deliver at a health facility is a priority for the Millennium Villages Project (MVP). Several interventions are being implemented to boost institutional delivery. In Ruhiira, Uganda, only 8% of pregnant women delivered in a facility when the project first started. This number has gone up to 89%. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florence, HIV+ and her daughter, HIV negative: two faces of hope</title>
		<link>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/04/14/florence-hiv-and-her-daughter-hiv-negative-two-faces-of-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/04/14/florence-hiv-and-her-daughter-hiv-negative-two-faces-of-hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Wagah</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Business Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sauri, Kenya]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/?p=1658</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A little girl in a dark red dress runs around laughing. Her mother tries to catch her, before she trips on her ruffles and falls. Florence picks up Nicole and dries her tears. A tender and loving moment between a mother and her young daughter, who is learning to discover the world. A sight like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNAIDS and MVP review the first results of their partnership</title>
		<link>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/04/14/unaids-and-mvp-review-the-first-results-of-their-partnership/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/04/14/unaids-and-mvp-review-the-first-results-of-their-partnership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Wambua</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mayange, Rwanda]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mbola, Tanzania]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Development Goals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sauri, Kenya]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Partners]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[UNAIDS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[UNFPA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[UNICEF]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[WHO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/?p=1647</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Teams from the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) and several UN bodies met in Nairobi in February to review the progress registered so far in the partnership launched a year ago between UNAIDS and the Project. The aim of the MTCT Free Zones Initiative is to establish zones where transmission of HIV from mother to child [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hygiene: talking about it to clear the air</title>
		<link>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/03/18/hygiene-talking-about-it-to-clear-the-air/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/03/18/hygiene-talking-about-it-to-clear-the-air/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joelle Bassoul Mojon</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General Villages Info]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gumilira, Malawi]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hygiene]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[schools]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/?p=1617</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[‘Before, we were using the bush. Now we have latrines for boys and girls, and the headmaster told us how to use them.’ The 12-year-old boy&#8217;s candid explanation is a reminder of the lack of hygiene that still prevails in schools in rural and poor areas of sub-Saharan Africa.
Like thousands of children, Nasiyani Chiwuye lives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Infection free health facilities: Ruhiira scores first place!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/02/23/infection-free-health-facilities-ruhiira-scores-first-place/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/02/23/infection-free-health-facilities-ruhiira-scores-first-place/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shakilah Bint Shiekh</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ruhiira, Uganda]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Uganda]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/?p=1573</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2008, the Uganda ministry of health entered a partnership with JHPIEGO, an affiliate of John Hopkins University, and the General Electric (GE) Foundation to improve infection prevention practices in 12 health facilities in Isingiro district where Ruhiira Millennium Village is located.
An external evaluation commissioned by the partners revealed that the best performers, after two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovative tropical laboratory in the middle of the Ghanaian rainforest</title>
		<link>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/02/22/innovative-tropical-laboratory-in-the-middle-of-the-ghanaian-rainforest/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/02/22/innovative-tropical-laboratory-in-the-middle-of-the-ghanaian-rainforest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nela Berlanga</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Bonsaaso, Ghana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[General Villages Info]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Partners]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sauri, Kenya]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ghana]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/?p=1511</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I arrived to the Bonsaaso Millennium Villages Project (MVP) site, my first impressions regarding the status of healthcare delivery were above expectations:  I was pleasantly surprised about the great work that MVP and the Ghana Health Service had carried out in this cluster. I found 7 functional health centers, managed by midwives operating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community gets second wind after disaster</title>
		<link>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/02/10/community-gets-second-wind-after-disaster/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/02/10/community-gets-second-wind-after-disaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Salome Munyendo</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Villages Project]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sauri, Kenya]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[kenya]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/?p=1492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Storm clouds had been gathering all afternoon that Sunday. But no one in Mindhine expected the heavy downpour and strong winds that hit this Millennium Village last August. The roof of the health facility, covering six rooms that offer out-patient services, was blown off. The electricity line, kitchen and a pit latrine nearby were not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Community Health Workers program receives an Award for Excellence</title>
		<link>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/02/08/the-community-health-workers-program-receives-an-award-for-excellence/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/02/08/the-community-health-workers-program-receives-an-award-for-excellence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackline Oluoch</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Development Goals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Villages Project]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CHW]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Community Health Workers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[WHO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/?p=1480</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a proud moment: out of nearly one hundred entries, the Community Health Workers (CHW) program of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) was singled out by the World Health Organization (WHO) for an award of excellence.
Here we were, the participants at WHO&#8217;s second Global forum on human resources for health in Thailand, at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sauri looks back on five years of success</title>
		<link>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/02/02/phase-ii-here-we-come-sauri-looks-back-on-five-years-of-success/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/index.php/2011/02/02/phase-ii-here-we-come-sauri-looks-back-on-five-years-of-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Salome Munyendo</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Business Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Development Goals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Partners]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sauri, Kenya]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[enviromental]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[kenya]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[MDG's]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.millenniumpromise.org/?p=1454</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Located in Western Kenya, Sauri was the first Millennium Village (MV) to see the light in 2005. Five years on, the project area has grown to nearly 70,000 people and has registered numerous successes in its multi-sectoral approach.
The MV team and the community celebrated this at the inauguration of new classrooms at the end of [...]]]></description>
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