Our Stories

What sounds better, receiving your salary all at one time at the end of the year, or twice a month throughout the year? Let’s face it, most of us would find it difficult to plan our lives and expenses on one lump sum of cash. The same works for non-profits. While every [...]

Cassie Saroza Cassie is a rising senior at Franklin County Early College High School where she will not only complete high school but will also complete college coursework to graduate with her diploma and an AA degree. She loves the work Impact Global Health Alliance provides to mother and children in [...]

Impact Global Health Alliance Global has served over one million people in five countries to reduce maternal and child mortality. In our partner communities we have achieved a 62% reduction in under five-child mortality in Bolivia, a 54% reduction in Guatemala, and a 63% reduction in Liberia. In addition, we [...]

Written by Deen Gu, Masters of Public Health in Health Administration student During the summer of 2015, I worked as a Program Intern at Impact Global Health Alliance Global. I learned many things, but what surprised me the most was learning about how often women die during pregnancy and childbirth, especially [...]

Impact Global Health Alliance Global supports World Breastfeeding Week and the practice of Exclusive Breast-Feeding (EBF).  Impact Global Health Alliance promotes breastfeeding as the best option for infant feeding and educates mothers on its life-saving benefits.  Here are some of the projects we implemented to address best feeding practices and raise [...]

Breastfeeding is an age-old practice carried out by mothers around the globe.  Yet in a globalizing world where the spread of information regarding best health practices is constantly evolving, breastfeeding has taken a back seat to other feeding practices like infant formula.  The worldwide slogan, “breast is best” represents the [...]

This past year the project reduced child mortality by 37% across 89 communities. Not only that, but Impact Global Health Alliance also doubled our project coverage area and expanded services to reach a total of 90,000 people in 180 communities. During this time, we also managed 3 existing Casas Maternas, [...]

  Dear Friends, July 1 marked the start of a new partnership for Impact Global Health Alliance Global in Bo District, Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone is known for having the 2nd highest child mortality rate in the world. Impact Global Health Alliance is proud to announce this long-term partnership, which would not [...]

David Hanna I think there are three major things we take for granted. The first is the cleanliness of our environment, the second is the healthcare we have access to, and the third is the ideology that all human beings are equal. The cleanliness of our environment results from people [...]

In El Alto, located in the highlands outside of La Paz, Bolivia, our partners at Consejo de Salud Rural Andino (CSRA) are working hard to provide creative solutions to difficult health and social problems for an often forgotten population. One of those creative solutions is a film, the first of its [...]

Dr. Chavez, Dr. Darlene Ray and Dr. Jonathan Melk Our partners at Consejo de Salud Rural Andino (CSRA) in Bolivia have been working hard to improve the health and well-being of women and children in need since 1982. The project is currently working in El Alto, located in the highlands near [...]