Mothers Educating Mothers
Bwakire! My name is Shriti Pant (Nche Igonkorokwa Shriti Moraa!). I am currently completing my practicum with Curamericas Global, Inc. As an intern, I am working with the Kisii Konya Oroiboro Project (KIKOP) in Kisii, Kenya. KIKOP is a project which aims to reduce the rates of maternal and child mortality and [...]
A Look at Women’s Empowerment in the Guatemala Project Area
My Experience As a young adult woman in the early 1970’s and as a new nurse, I really started to think about women’s empowerment. I followed The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) movement (link) which hoped to advance the equality of women. I admired Betty Ford (wife of President Gerald Ford, [...]
The Duke School of Nursing and Impact Global Health Alliance: A brief history and celebration of our partnership
Irene Felsman, DNP, MPH, RN and Andrew Herrera MPH, MBA First Published May 2023, Updated April 2025 On March 13, 2014, Impact Global Health Alliance (formerly Curamericas Global) attended a presentation by IGHA experts on Care Groups at the Triangle Global Health Consortium (NC Global Health Alliance). At this meeting, [...]
Providing Hope Through Health: Churches, Students and Families Join Local Nonprofit’s Virtual Fundraiser to Support Mothers and Children in Forgotten Communities Around the World and the Triangle
810 - that’s how many women die each day around the world due to complications from pregnancy and childbirth. What makes this number even more tragic - many of the causes are preventable and even treatable. Maternal mortality is not just a problem in developing countries, it remains a [...]
Triangle Nonprofit Completes First Global Volunteer Trip Since Pandemic Halted Travel in 2020
WakeMed Labor and Delivery nurses traveled to Guatemala to teach and train female, community workers who treat expectant mothers without access to healthcare Raleigh-based Impact Global Health Alliance Global has just returned from its first volunteer trip in two years. The COVID-19 pandemic halted the global health nonprofit’s service trips [...]
More than Just a Number: How Community Health Workers are Supporting North Carolina’s Most Vulnerable During COVID-19 and Why We Must Continue to Invest in Them
Op-Ed by Andrew Herrera - November 2021 For 20 straight months, we have heard and read more numbers than we comprehend about underserved communities across North Carolina and how they have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In May and June 2020 alone, Latinx communities represented 44 percent of [...]
Providing Hope Through Community-Driven Health and Innovation: Impact Global Health Alliance Global Partners with Microsoft Research Experts and N.C.-Based Organizations to Develop Technology for Community Health Work During COVID-19 Pandemic
Raleigh-based global health nonprofit and partners focus on building technologies that help communities securely collect, share and learn from community health fieldwork to ensure care for all. November 2021 – Using technology to improve health and access for North Carolina’s marginalized communities is the mission of a new partnership between Raleigh-based [...]
New Generation of Rising Leaders Across the Triangle: Impact Global Health Alliance Global’s Andrew Herrera Named to the Triangle Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 List
Executive Director inspired by heroes who have worked to support vulnerable communities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic Impact Global Health Alliance Global is proud to announce that Executive Director Andrew Herrera was recently selected by the Triangle Business Journal for its 40 Under 40 list. The awards recognize outstanding professionals under the age [...]
Impact Global Health Alliance Global and Local Health Workers Impact the Lives of 163K People in Underserved Communities Through Alliance with State of North Carolina, Focus on Vaccinations
Raleigh-based global health non-profit will continue working with Community Health Workers to reach families still facing inequities as the pandemic continues After a nearly year-long partnership, Impact Global Health Alliance Global, a non-profit based in Raleigh, that partners with underserved communities around the world to make measurable and sustainable improvements [...]
Celebrating Together on National Nonprofit Day
Ira Stollak and Henry Perry, MD, PhD, MPH In the remote highlands of Guatemala, Flori, a young pregnant Maya woman goes into labor. In rural Guatemala, health centers and trained personnel are few, and too many mothers deliver in their dirt-floored homes. Flori is fortunate, as she lives in a village [...]
Impact Global Health Alliance Global and Local Health Workers Touch the Lives of 101K People in Underserved Communities Through Alliance with State of North Carolina
Raleigh-based global health non-profit’s cooperation with state’s Community Health Worker initiative extends to 26 counties Raleigh, N.C., April 2021 – Today, Impact Global Health Alliance Global, a non-profit based in Raleigh, North Carolina, that partners with underserved communities around the world to make measurable and sustainable improvements to communities’ health and [...]
Opinion: Mother’s of the World
Ira Stollak and Henry Perry, MD, PhD, MPH In the remote highlands of Guatemala, Flori, a young pregnant Maya woman goes into labor. In rural Guatemala, health centers and trained personnel are few, and far too many mothers deliver in their dirt-floored homes. Flori is fortunate, as she lives in a [...]
Bridging Health Gaps Through Community Care
North Carolina Asks Impact Global Health Alliance Global to Continue Leading Statewide Community Health Worker Program During COVID-19 Pandemic Raleigh-based global health nonprofit’s work extended after leading Community Health Worker initiative that has resulted in 87K referrals since August 2020; focus will continue to be on health disparities of the [...]
