reproductive-health

• 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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• IntraHealth Partnerships in Reproductive Health and Knowledge Management and Sharing

  Earlier this month, IntraHealth became a member of the Reproductive Health Coalition , a global partnership of public, private, and nongovernmental organizations dedicated to ensuring that all people in low- and middle-income countries can access and use affordable, high-quality reproductive...

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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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• Meeting Women’s Reproductive Health Needs in a Remote Corner of Mali

  It takes two days to drive from Mali ’s capital, Bamako, to the Gao Region in the north. Encompassing 66,000 square miles, Gao is larger than Greece, Tunisia, or the state of Florida. The one regional hospital serves a population of more than half a million people, including 269 nomadic...

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• Rwanda: First African Country to Offer National Prevention Program for Cervical Cancer

  Last month, the Rwandan Ministry of Health launched the first national cervical cancer prevention program in Africa. Cervical cancer, which is caused by certain types of the human papillomavirus (HPV), is ranked by the World Health Organization as the leading cause of cancer-related death among...

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• Senegalese Musicians Support an End to Early Marriage and Pregnancy

  The French language paper Agence de Presse S én égalaise reported on a recent concert by the rap artists from the Daara J. Family in Kolda, Senegal. The artists performed in support of a project led by IntraHealth International aimed at reducing the prevalence of early...

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• The World Needs Midwives Today More Than Ever

  On May 5, Griffith University, Otago Polytechnic, and the University of Canberra will host the Virtual International Day of the Midwife conference. This free, online event:  presents online events every hour for 24 hours on the 5th May starting at 12pm New Zealand time. All are welcome...

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• Celebrating a ‘Brilliant Visionary’:
  Malian Midwife Makes a Difference

  Fatoumata 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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• Voices from the Field: Sangeeta Delivers—Helping Indian Women, Infants Survive Childbirth

  “I am not an expert like others, many things taught are new to me, and I don’t know how I will remember them all. I don’t know how I will conduct delivery during the clinical training sessions.” Training Gives Confidence to Auxiliary Nurse Midwives Sangeeta Kumari is...

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• Health Professionals Recommend Ways to Better Prevent, Treat, and Manage Obstetric Fistula

  Last month, at the 3 rd International Conference for the Society of Obstetric Fistula Surgeons in Dakar, Senegal, 300 participants from more than 30 countries outlined some concrete ways to prevent and treat obstetric fistula and assist women who have a fistula regain their health and...

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