Visiting Pakistan and the Experience of the Child Survival Program
September 26, 2013 12:23 pmPakistan is in our thoughts this week as the country recovers from a devastating earthquake in western Baluchistan province. The... View Article
Aga Khan University and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Sign Agreement for Hospital Expansion in Pakistan
July 18, 2013 3:25 pmKARACHI, PAKISTAN, JULY 18, 2013 – The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution, today signed a... View Article
Community-based Initiatives Improve Healthcare in East Africa
February 21, 2013 12:43 pmBy David Hintch, Senior Health Program Officer for Aga Khan Foundation U.S.A. As the new health program officer for the Aga... View Article
Let’s Be the Change We Want to See: Child Survival Call to Action
June 26, 2012 2:08 pmEvery year 7.6 million children worldwide die before their fifth birthday from easily preventable causes. Half of these deaths occur... View Article
In Pakistan, Community Savings Groups Save Lives
December 2, 2011 1:54 pmDuring my recent trip to Chitral (the northernmost District of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province) I met Aisha, who showed me... View Article
Zainab delivers more than babies to her Pakistani community
November 21, 2011 11:47 amI spent most of September in Pakistan, facilitating the midterm evaluation of our Chitral Child Survival Program. The first half... View Article
Simple Interventions & Better Lives in Kenya
August 17, 2011 2:38 pmPart of our Summer Travel Blog series! “We often struggle to explain international development to different audiences thinking it is... View Article