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New UNFPA Report Highlights Need for 350,000 More Midwives
Last week, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and partner agencies released The State of the World’s Midwifery 2011 report, which shows the world is short 350,000 midwives—nearly the same number of women who die each year from complications of pregnancy or childbirth:...
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Celebrating a ‘Brilliant Visionary’:
Malian Midwife Makes a DifferenceFatoumata Maïga Dicko is a proud Malian midwife who has never regretted her career choice. “I was actually inspired by another midwife,” she shares. ”She had a great reputation, and everyone spoke highly of her. When I saw how good she was to other women, she made me...
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Launch of Nutrition Mission Based on Coalition’s Recommendations
Although India has made tremendous advances in science, medicine, information technology, and many other fields, and has experienced unprecedented economic growth over the past decade, malnutrition remains unacceptably high. [1] Half of India’s population does not get enough protein,...
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IntraHealth Helps Improve Care Provided to Women with Obstetric Fistula in Mali
Obstetric fistula affects nearly two million women globally. In West Africa, women develop this condition following three to four percent of births. Although the condition is most often treatable and curable, many women go without treatment and instead are stigmatized because obstetric fistula...
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Voices from the Field: Saving Mothers' Lives in Rural Ethiopia
“I want to talk about the services I received from the Dangla Health Center with my family, friends and neighbors,” says Yalemzerf Birlie, a 30-year-old Ethiopian woman who recently got the emergency caesarian she needed to give birth to a healthy baby boy. A second chance at...
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Collaboration Builds Senegalese Health Workers\' Skills to Save Women\'s Lives in Childbirth
Recent data show that since 2007, 165,000 Senegalese women were provided with care to actively manage third-stage labor during childbirth, a potentially lifesaving intervention that can prevent postpartum hemorrhage. The care was provided through the collaborative efforts of the Senegalese...
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Clean Water and Sanitation: Basic Necessities for All Global Health Work
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Building Local Health Systems with Information Systems
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Raising Awareness of Fistula: Bringing Together Women and Treatment
Hundreds of people in Ethiopia’s Amharan region gathered together in early August to learn more about a devastating medical condition, and how to prevent and treat it. As a partner in the Fistula Care Project , IntraHealth International led workshops, organized dramatic performances, and...
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New Pfizer Global Health Fellow Anticipates Making a Difference in Senegal
“Everything I did in my life prepared me for this fellowship,” says Melanie Martel, a senior brand manager with Pfizer and now a part of its prestigious Global Health Fellows (GHF) program, “from my first community experience working as a pharmacist in Madagascar, to all my...
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