policy

• New United Nations Security Council Resolution Expands Oversight of Attacks on Hospitals

  Last month, the United Nations Security Council adopted a new resolution, Resolution 1998 , which extends monitoring oversight to recurrent attacks on schools and hospitals and expands the monitoring and reporting mechanism that protects children in armed conflict. Prior to the adoption of the...

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• Pape Gaye on Capitol Hill Meeting with US Government about the Future of Global Health and Family Planning

  IntraHealth president and CEO Pape Gaye is in Washington, DC, this week on Capitol Hill, meeting with congressional delegates and staffers to educate them about the state of reproductive health care and family planning investments in West Africa—including in Gaye’s native country,...

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• World Health Organization Urged to Act Over Assaults on Health Personnel and Facilities

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has been urged by a consortium of 18 health and non-governmental organizations to take action on the growing number of assaults on health personnel and facilities in areas of conflict and civil unrest. In a joint letter to WHO Director General Dr....

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• Rwanda Launches National Palliative Care Policy

  Recently, Rwanda reached another health care milestone in officially adopting a national palliative care policy. The IntraHealth-led HIV/AIDS Clinical Services Program (HCSP), with technical assistance from partner Mildmay International, supported the policy’s development and adoption....

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• Rwanda: One of the First National Palliative Care Policies in Africa

  Recently, Rwanda officially launched its national palliative care policy, making it one of the first countries in the developing world to do so. As Priya Shetty wrote last year in the Lancet , “Palliative care is almost unheard of in the developing world, condemning millions to...

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• New Publication Suggests Global Solutions Apply to North Carolina Workforce Concerns

  Earlier this week, the North Carolina Medical Journal published an article, “ Linking Challenges, Sharing Solutions: The Global Crisis in Human Resources for Health ,” which suggests that strategies for remedying the global health workforce crisis could also be useful in North...

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• Global Health: 11 to Follow in 2011

  As we reflect back on the global health stories that made the news in 2010—and some that didn’t—here are 11 top stories we will be following in 2011. Health worker migration: WHO’s unprecedented stand on recruitment In 2010, we celebrated the World Health...

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• IntraHealth Shines at Global Health: The Conference

  IntraHealth International leaders Pape Gaye, Maurice Middleberg, Dykki Settle, and Laura Gibney were among featured participants at the Global Health Council conference in Washington, DC, June 14–18, where they spoke on topics ranging from health workforce information systems to the role...

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• Global Health Leaders Maurice Middleberg and Kate Tulenko Join IntraHealth

  IntraHealth International named Maurice Middleberg vice president for global policy and head of CapacityPlus, a flagship project to strengthen the global health workforce, funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The organization also tapped Kate Tulenko to serve as a deputy...

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• Study on the Readiness of the Political, Legal, Health and Community Systems to Respond to Gender-Based Violence in Three Districts of the City of Kigali

  Study on the Readiness of the Political, Legal, Health and Community Systems to Respond to Gender-Based Violence in Three Districts of the City of Kigali ( English ) ( French ) [1,025kb pdf] This study examines the ability of political, legal, health, and community systems to respond to...

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