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Twenty-Six Health Managers Complete Leadership Training Course in Uganda

Last month, 26 Ugandan health leaders and managers from seven different districts completed six months of training in leadership and management at the Health Manpower and Development Centre in Mbale. The training was aimed at helping health managers respond to and remedy poor staff retention,...

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HRH Global Resource Center Launches New
eLearning Platform

Last week, the HRH Global Resource Center launched its new eLearning program through an online event hosted from Chapel Hill, NC, and highlighted the program’s first course, iHRIS Administrator: Level 1 . The eLearning program is part of IntraHealth International’s strategy to...

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Pre-Service Education Toolkit

Tulenko K (IntraHealth International, supporting organization), USAID, Jhpeigo, MChip. 2011. This pre-service education toolkit outlines key programmatic steps, highlights lessons learned, and identifies key resources to assist country programs, donors, and governments to develop...

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JAMA Publishes Critique on Global Health Workforce from IntraHealth Leadership

Should the United States deploy a global health service corps to meet the urgent need for health workers overseas? According to IntraHealth International’s senior leadership, no. Earlier this week, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a letter from Pape Gaye , Kate...

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Are Health Workers\' Skills an Issue with Task Shifting?

The journal Human Resources for Health published Health Workforce Skill Mix and Task Shifting in Low Income Countries: a Review of Recent Evidence : This study uses an economics perspective to review the skill mix literature to determine its strength of the evidence, identify gaps in...

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New Publication Out on the Effectiveness of Online Forums for Health Workers

Earlier this month, Human Resources for Health published an article, “ Sharing Best Practices through Online Communities of Practice: A Case Study ,” which argues that online forums are useful venues for medical, nursing, and midwifery students, especially in developing countries,...

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National Assessment Recommends Ways to Strengthen Kenya’s Health Training System

Recently, preliminary findings were released from a national performance needs assessment of public, faith-based, and private-sector health facilities and training institutions in Kenya. The findings suggest ways in which Kenya can improve its training system for health workers: Provide...

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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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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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CapacityPlus Studies Schools’ Challenges to Produce Enough Nurses

The Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI)—the US Government’s unified program to address the underproduction of nursing professionals in developing countries—convened its partners for the first time in June in Washington, DC. NEPI’s goal is to assist in the...

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