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• WHO Takes Important Step in Protecting Health Workers and Facilities in Conflict

  Last week, the World Health Organization’s Executive Board took an important step toward protecting the lives of health workers and patients in conflict zones by passing a resolution that calls on the WHO Director General for leadership in documenting evidence of attacks against health...

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• Echoes of Change from Community Health Work in Madagascar

  In Madagascar, a hilly island nation of 20 million, many people live in small, widely scattered hamlets often made up of just a few houses. Hamlets may be many kilometers apart, and many people may have to walk hours or even days to the health center to seek care. The Santénet2...

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• Toward Development of a Rural Retention Strategy in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Understanding Health Worker Preferences

  Toward Development of a Rural Retention Strategy in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Understanding Health Worker Preferences . Jaskiewicz W, IntraHealth International; Phathammavong O, World Health Organization; Vangkonevilay P, Lao PDR Ministry of Health; Paphassarang C, Lao PDR...

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• Coalition Launches, Calls for US Leadership and Investment in Frontline Health Workers

  Yesterday, IntraHealth International and 14 other global health organizations launched the Frontline Health Workers Coalition at the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington, DC. More than 150 representatives of nongovernmental organizations, the US government, nonprofit organizations, and...

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• \"Best Buy\" for Saving Lives: New Coalition Urges US Government to Invest in Frontline Health Workers

  A new and diverse coalition of 15 major global health organizations—including IntraHealth International, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Save the Children—is calling on the US government for more strategic investment in frontline health workers as the most...

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• When No One Is There: Uganda’s Absent Health Workers

  Preliminary results from a recent study in Uganda suggest that health workers may be absent from their posts as much as 35% of the time. The health workers most likely to be absent are often the more highly trained workers such as doctors or clinical officers. The study presents a stark,...

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• Reaching into the Community: Health Workers and Population Growth

  Now that the Earth’s population is seven billion and growing every day—women in Mali, for example, have an average of 6.4 children —how do we help ensure that people will have access to lifesaving health care? The WHO breaks it down like this: 2.3 doctors, nurses, and...

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• Population Growth and the Global Health Workforce Crisis

  Population Growth and the Global Health Workforce Crisis. Pacqué-Margolis S, Muntifering C, Ng C, and Noronha S, IntraHealth International. Capacity Plus 2011. This technical brief discusses the potential impact of population growth on countries’ efforts to improve their...

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• New Project Awarded to IntraHealth-led Team in Senegal

  en français In September, the United States Agency for International Development in Senegal awarded IntraHealth International a five-year, $32 million cooperative agreement to manage the Senegal Health Services Improvement Program focusing on local health providers’ clinical,...

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