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First Rwandan National Palliative Care Training Workshop
For the last three weeks, a multidisciplinary team of Rwandan health providers has been participating in the first-ever, national palliative care training workshop for trainers. It’s one example of the concrete steps the country is taking to realize the national palliative care policy it...
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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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Ronald F. Geary Joins IntraHealth International as Vice President of Finance and Administration
Ronald F. Geary Ronald F. Geary, CPA, MBA, has joined IntraHealth International as vice president of finance and administration. Geary brings with him the experience and expertise IntraHealth needs for continued growth and stability. At IntraHealth, Geary will oversee the corporate...
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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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CapacityPlus Offers Its First \"Code Bounties\" to the Global iHRIS Community
Capacity Plus recently began offering “code bounties” to engage more people in the global community that supports the iHRIS Suite of open source software for the health workforce. These code bounties are small projects with narrow scopes of software development work and small...
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African Health Ministers’ New Commitments Focus on eHealth
Last month, a number of African health ministers recommitted to making more investments in the health sector, building greater health research capacity, accelerating the response to noncommunicable diseases, and employing eHealth technologies to improve the efficiency, quality, and use of health...
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IntraHealth Board Member Named to Forbes’ First Impact 30 List
Last week, IntraHealth Board Member Josh Nesbit was honored by Forbes magazine as one of the world’s top 30 social entrepreneurs. The Forbes list, called Impact 30 , recognizes individuals who have applied innovative business solutions to solve social problems, and it is the first...
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IntraHealth Commemorates World AIDS Day 2011
IntraHealth offices around the world are organizing and participating in World AIDS Day 2011 activities. This year’s theme is Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination, Zero AIDS-Related Deaths. Below is a sample of IntraHealth’s World AIDS Day activities. ...
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Kenya Hosts 1st National Conference on Human Resources for Health
From December 7-9, the Government of Kenya, the IntraHealth-led Capacity Kenya Project , and other development partners will host the 1st National Conference on Human Resources for Health (HRH) at the Kenyatta International Conference Center in Nairobi. The first of its kind, this...
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IntraHealth Celebrates USAID’s 50 Years of Working in Mali
Last month, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) celebrated its 50th anniversary of working in Mali with an exhibition of the agency’s flagship activities at the national park in Bamako. Rebecca Black, USAID/Mali mission director; Peter Barlerin, chargé...
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