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USAID. Aug 2021 - Present 2 years 10 months. Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi. Experience: USAID · Location: Lilongwe · 358 connections on LinkedIn. View Kimberly Cole’s profile on...
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- August 1, 2021
- USAID
- Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi, Malawi
Cole has worked in 22 countries, been involved in the global fight to control Ebola, Zika and COVID and is now responsible for one of her largest projects to date — a $75 million initiative through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) that helps reduce maternal, newborn and child mortality and morbidity rates in over 30 high ...
- From Six to Two
- Regional Phase-Out
- A Serious Public Health Problem
In the 1960s, the average woman in Latin America had six children and many died in childbirth. Back then, most women in remote areas didn’t have access to family planning or know that they could space or limit their pregnancies. Today, most women have between two and three healthy children. Infant mortality has fallen faster in Latin America and th...
Because many Latin American and Caribbean countries have increased the number of women and couples with access to family planning, and because maternal and child health has improved, U.S. Government assistance for family planning is being phased out. In 2004, USAID created a set of criteria to identify countries that were approaching self-sustainab...
Trinidad Hernández, who sees about 60 clients per month, volunteers for the USAID-backed project Famisalud that developed Nicaragua's community-based family planning strategy with the Ministry of Health. It focuses on the most remote and hard-to-reach populations. Hernández has set up a separate room within his house so he can privately counsel com...
The USAID Latin America and the Caribbean Bureau (USAID/LAC) commissioned this work and provided constructive technical guidance in its development. We wish to thank Kimberly Cole for her skillful management of the process and detailed synthesis of reviewer comments.
Kimberly Cole, USAID/Malawi Office of Health, Population and Nutrition. Killian Mutiro, USAID/Malawi Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance. Dr. McCusker, USAID Senior Geospatial Analyst and Professor, West Virginia University. 4. Results/key findings. Shocks are disruptions to household income or subsistence as reported by the household itself.
Margaret D'Adamo, Erika Martin, Kimberly Cole, Jennifer Mason, and Kim Ocheltree of USAID. We'd also like to thank the following individuals for their inputs for the design of this course:
The USAID Latin America and the Caribbean Bureau (USAID/LAC) commissioned this work and provided constructive technical guidance in its development. We wish to thank Kimberly Cole for her skillful management of the process and detailed synthesis of reviewer comments.
