November 8, 2024
At its core, GESI means fair treatment of everyone, and this needs to be woven into programmatic approaches from the start. Within the health care system, this concept translates to everyone—no matter their ethnic or religious background, age, gender identity, ability level, where they live, or who they love—deserving quality, affordable health care tailored to their unique needs, without facing any barriers, discrimination, or unconsciousness bias when trying to protect their health.
October 9, 2024
The LHSS Project conducted a comprehensive Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) analysis. It revealed significant knowledge gaps among health sector leaders regarding GESI practices, in other words, how to make health care services more accessible and better quality for women, young people, low-income households, and people with disabilities, and other marginalized groups. To address the identified gaps, LHSS organized GESI awareness-raising and knowledge application training for health leaders in Nasarawa, Plateau, and Zamfara states.
August 16, 2024
On August 12, 2024, the African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine published, "A low-cost approach to upskilling tutors in frontline health care worker production value chain," authored by Anddy Omoluabi, Linda Ugalahi, Olufolake Akeju, and Emmanuel Aiyenigba, members of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Nigeria Health Workforce Management (HWM) Activity implemented by Banyan Global.
May 20, 2024
On May 17, 2024, USAID announced Banyan Global as the winner of the 2023 USAID Small Business of the Year at the 15th Annual Small Business Conference in Washington, D.C.
May 2, 2024
USAID/Nigeria Health Workforce Management Activity worked closely with Ebonyi State College of Nursing Sciences (EBSCON) to implement capacity strengthening activities and facilitate a mock accreditation exercise to support the full accreditation of its midwifery program. As a result of these efforts, EBSCON has increased the student enrollment quota for its midwifery program from 75 to 100 students.
April 30, 2024
USAID/Nigeria Health Workforce Management Activity advocated on behalf of the Ebonyi State Ministry of Health for the procurement of motorbikes for 40 USAID-supported primary health care facilities to support the retention and motivation of medical workers and increase the access to care for patients living in remote and rural communities of Nigeria.
April 1, 2024
USAID/Nigeria Health Workforce Management Activity collaborated with the Community Health Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria and key stakeholders to revise its Standing Orders for each cadre of Community Health Practitioners, which were last updated in 2015.
December 28, 2023
The Nigeria Health Workforce Management (HWM) Activity support health care training institutions in Kebbi State, Nigeria through the procurement of essential teaching aids, to bolster the practical skills and hands-on experience students and to meet accreditation standards of training institutions.
December 22, 2023
TutorConnect, developed by the Health Workforce Management (HWM) Activity, is a transformative Zoom-based learning platform engaging over 700 Nigerian pre-service health training institution (PSHTI) tutors to enhance their teaching methodologies.
November 13, 2023
As a member of the IMPACT Consortium, Banyan Global is working to expand engagement with the commercial sector to serve new health markets based on consumer needs and demand.
