Blog Archive
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Feb 23, 2010
Malaria Prevention and Treatment in Rural Community-based 'Health Huts'
Rodio Diallo (on the right) visits a health hut. In Senegal, malaria is responsible for about one-third of all outpatient consultations and between 20% and 30% of mortality in health facilities. For the past 3 years IntraHealth International, in partnership and with financial support from Pfizer, has worked to increase the support to health huts and reduce the prevalence of malaria in the remote region of Tambacounda Senegal. ( Where is Tambacounda? ) Because of Pfizer’s corporate partnership with IntraHealth, our Tambacounda team, led by Lamine Guèye, has worked to refurbish 24 health huts, provide updated training for 48 community health care workers on how to administer rapid diagnostic tests, provide artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACT) treatment and educate community members through mobile video sessions, radio programs, discussions and talks on malaria. These life saving activities, carried out across 96 villages where approximately 25,000 people live, have strengthened the community’s ability to mobilize and fight against malaria. In addition to the community health workers, the project trained over 96 village volunteers on... Read More » -
Feb 15, 2010
Collecting 30 Years of Stories, Achievements, Challenges & Changes
IntraHealth and I are approximately the same age. Well, let’s just say we were both born in the seventies anyway. Therefore, it seemed fitting when I was charged with telling IntraHealth’s 30 th anniversary story through the medium of an interactive organizational timeline (available on the website soon). Occasionally, we should all take a long, deliberate look back in order to understand the trajectory of our lives, to learn from the past and build on our achievements. But how do you share a thirty year story? If it were my own, I would start with snap shots and stories. I would describe the events and people that molded me. I’d share the joyous moments and the difficult ones. I would make a scrapbook to pass on and hope that while it may not convey the totality of my experiences that it would at least convey the spirit. How to begin is clear. IntraHealth was born in 1979 as INTRAH, the Program for International Training in Health, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. From the beginning, INTRAH’s focus was on health workers and their role in improving the health of vulnerable women and their families. Our... Read More » -
Feb 15, 2010
Inaugural 'Health Worker Leadership' Award Honors Kenyan Nurse-Midwife, IntraHealth Senior Leader
Maureen Corbett (right) presents Pauline Muhuhu (left) with award In celebration of our 30 th anniversary, IntraHealth established the Pauline Muhuhu Leadership Award in 2009 to recognize health workers, or those who have spent their careers in support of health workers, who are at the heart of IntraHealth’s mission vision and work. We know that health workers, including nurses and midwives, medical officers and doctors, community health workers, lab technicians and pharmacists, are essential to any functional health system, and the tag line on our new logo reflects this— Because health workers save lives . We see this award filling a unique niche in drawing attention to health workers and the vital role they play in the health and well being of our families and communities. We have selected Pauline Wambui Muhuhu , a Kenyan nurse-midwife and longtime leader at IntraHealth, to be the first recipient, and have named the award in her honor. This annual award will recognize health workers who dedicate their careers to improving health care in underserved regions of the world. Going forward, we will establish a formal review panel to... Read More »
