Rhea Kartha
Rhea is a Maternal Health Initiative intern and a Master’s student at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington university. Her passion lies in improving the perinatal health of women in low and middle-income countries, where access to quality healthcare is often limited.
Before joining GW, Rhea worked at a government maternity hospital in India where she developed an interest in public health.
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Humanity Beyond Borders
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“The health care challenges faced by refugees and displaced people are complex and multi-dimensional,” said John Thon Majok, Director of the Wilson Center’s Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative (RAFDI). “This requires not only understanding the drivers of displacement but also analysis of the barriers to healthcare as well as innovative ways to address them.”
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Unpaid Care Work: The Invisible and Sustaining Powerhouse
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Unpaid care and domestic work—encompassing market activities from cooking and cleaning to child and elder care – plays a critical role in upholding the economy, making all other work possible. The global value of this work is close to $11 trillion annually, according to estimates from the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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Crisis to Innovation: Lessons from COVID-19 Can Transform Routine Immunization Strategies
›At a recent Wilson Center event, hosted in partnership with USAID’s MOMENTUM Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity Project, Dr. Folake Olayinka, Immunization Technical Lead of the Global Health Bureau at USAID, described a recent two year period as “the largest sustained backsliding of childhood vaccination,” citing the fact that “between 2019 and 2021, approximately 67 million children missed out on essential lifesaving vaccines.”
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Connecting the Dots to Gender Equality and Empowerment
›“Women’s ability to access education, pursue a career outside the home, or participate politically often hinges on their ability to exercise control and autonomy over their own bodies and reproduction,” said Sarah Craven, Director of the North American Representation Office at UNFPA at a recent Wilson Center event, hosted in partnership with Population Institute, to launch their new report, Connecting the Dots: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights as Prerequisites for Global Gender Equity and Empowerment.
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Youth Led Social Accountability – Case Studies and Challenges
›Young people should be able to hold public officials and service providers accountable for meeting their needs and rights. And this principle—known as youth social accountability—can also have a ripple effect on the health and wellbeing of young people themselves by enhancing the quality of health services and fostering more positive interactions with adolescents within health systems.
