In The News 2019

The stories below have been selected from the media coverage in 2019 of Project HOPE in order to provide you with a greater understanding of our work and mission.

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September

June

  • DREAMS project reaches over 8 000 adolescentsJune 7, 2019 – The World News
    Some 8 322 adolescent girls from 32 schools in Oshikoto Region have been reached through HIV prevention education, with more than half of the them identified as eligible from the provision of a comprehensive package of services to mitigate the impact of HIV. This was done through the DREAMS project under the auspices of Project Hope Namibia in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

May

  • Millersville Pediatrician Provides Relief In Mozambique After Disastrous Cyclone Hits
    May 2, 2019 – Severna Park Voice
    Upon arriving in Mozambique on March 23, Dr. Andre Gvozden, a Millersville-based pediatrician and owner of Gvozden Pediatrics, joined the Project HOPE team and set up camp in Beira, the country’s fourth-largest city. Due to damaged roads or flooding that prevented ground access into several towns, Gvozden and a small team of doctors were flown via helicopter to neighboring towns to provide medical relief.

April

March

  • Successful Efforts to Fight Poverty in Uzbekistan
    March 29, 2019 – The Borgen Project
    In 2017, the USAID gave $3.4 million for tuberculosis control in Uzbekistan through Project HOPE and the KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation. The USAID has been ramping up funding for tuberculosis programs at a time when Uzbekistan has one of the highest rates of infection in Asia.
  • Local Doctor Helps Victims of Mozambique Cyclone
    March 22, 2019 – NBC 4 Washington
    Dr. Andre Gvozden is preparing to leave the comforts of his private practice in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, to help people suffering from the effects of the cyclone that struck the eastern African country of Mozambique. News4’s Cory Smith reports.
  • Millersville pediatrician heads to Mozambique to aid victims of devastating cyclone
    March 22, 2019 – WBAL TV 11
    Dr. Andre Gvozden met with the last of his patients Friday before heading out this weekend to Mozambique. He is going to southeast Africa to help after a devastating cyclone wiped out communities and left over 1,000 dead and countless without basic human needs.
  • Here’s how you can help Cyclone Idai victims
    March 19, 2019 – CNN
    Hundreds of people are missing after a powerful cyclone hit Mozambique late last week. Government officials fear more than 1,000 people may have been killed. The wind, rain and swollen rivers have destroyed homes, schools and hospitals in Mozambique, neighboring Zimbabwe and Malawi. In some places, entire villages have been wiped out — with up to half the victims being children. Survivors are in need of shelter, food, clean water and sanitation.
  • Health Care Workers: The Gatekeepers to Achieving Global Health and Wellbeing
    March 19, 2019 – Impakter
    Project HOPE’s mission and work are aligned with the global blueprint for health that the UN’s 2018 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs) provides. But why should the Millennial Generation be interested in these goals?
  • First Lady meets with Project HOPE Board of Directors
    March 15, 2019 – The Patriotic Vanguard
    Sierra Leone’s First Lady (photo) met with Project HOPE Board of Directors, which include pharmaceutical and healthcare industry executives of the US.
  • Young Health Program busca prevenir enfermedades en los jóvenes
    March 11, 2019 – Diario Imagen
    AstraZeneca en conjunto con la Embajada de Suecia en México, la organización internacional Project HOPE, la asociación Yo quiero, Yo puedo, el Instituto Mexicano de Investigación de Familia y Población y el Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCan) lanzan en México el Young Health Program que tiene como objetivo prevenir enfermedades no transmisibles en jóvenes de 10 a 24 años, a través de la prevención.
  • Young Health Program llega a México
    March 7, 2019 – Mundo de Hoy
    El programa en México beneficiará a más de 46 mil jóvenes.
  • Colombia border hospitals struggle with Venezuelan migrant influx
    March 5, 2019 – Aljazeera
    As Venezuelans pour across the border, health workers in Colombia’s Cucuta say that hospitals are at a breaking point.
  • Training Infection Prevention and Control Specialists in Nigeria
    February 13, 2019 – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Healthcare personnel in Nigeria save lives every day and put their lives at risk when caring for patients with deadly infections, such as Ebola and Lassa fever. Infection prevention and control measures—such as isolating potentially infectious patients, improving handwashing, and using protective equipment—can keep these healthcare personnel safe.
  • The Reauthorization Of PEPFAR To 2023
    March 4, 2019 – HealthAffairs
    Project HOPE was recently privileged to honor Laura Bush for her and her family’s contributions to global health at our sixtieth-year celebration. When I asked her what had motivated President George W. Bush to launch the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in 2003, she replied, “George just thought it was wrong that AIDS treatment was available and millions of people would die without it.” PEPFAR has been about people, not politics or charity. It’s also been about data-driven decision making, mutual respect between countries, and the expectation of joint investment by partner countries to achieve lasting results.

February

  • U.S. aid remains untouched as Venezuelans flee across border to Colombia
    February 9, 2019 – NBC News
    President Nicolás Maduro continues to refuse to let a U.S. aid shipment into Venezuela, the much-needed food and medicine sitting untouched in a Colombian warehouse. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans cross over the border each day, unsure of when they’ll ever be able to go home.

January