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  • Jan 20, 2010

    The Twubakane Program Celebrates Five Successful Years in Rwanda

    The USAID-funded Twubakane Health and Decentralization Program , a five-year, IntraHealth-led project, celebrated its successes on December 18 in Kigali, Rwanda . Twubakane was instituted to improve Rwandan’s access to high quality family planning, reproductive health, child survival,...

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  • Jan 16, 2010

    PDA's and Direct Observation Play Role in Tuberculosis Treatment

    By working with private health facilities, the five year PC4 Project in Ethiopia contributed to increased access to affordable, high-quality HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) prevention and care services. The goal of the USAID-funded project, which ended in September 2009, was to improve TB...

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  • Dec 30, 2009

    Capacity Project Publishes Legacy Series

    The IntraHealth-led Capacity Project presents its key results and lessons learned through a Legacy Series of 11 concise publications: The Kenya Emergency Hiring Plan: Results from a Rapid Workforce Expansion Strategy; Kn owledge Management and Human Resources for Health: Using Quality...

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  • Dec 15, 2009

    Aiming to Increase Access to and Support for Family Planning in Urban Senegal

    IntraHealth International has received a five-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to increase access to modern family planning methods among Senegal’s urban poor.  One third of Senegal’s low-income urban women lack access to modern family planning,...

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  • Dec 14, 2009

    Progress Made in the Fight against Malaria

    Malaria is the most common life-threatening infection in the world and is responsible for over a million deaths a year. However, the WHO’s   World Malaria Report 2009  found that an increase in international funding has produced a dramatic rise in efforts to control...

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  • Dec 10, 2009

    Bringing an Early Christmas Celebration to a Hospital's Pediatric Ward

    “The laughter and cries of those little angels keep going through my mind. I will carry those memories with me wherever I go,” says Grace Kariuki-Mogaka, senior programs officer, referring to IntraHealth’s Kenya staff team’s visit to Kenyatta National Hospital to...

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  • Nov 30, 2009

    World AIDS Day 2009

    2009 marks the 21st anniversary of World AIDS Day. This year’s theme “Human Rights and Universal Access” addresses the critical need to protect human rights and ensure universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and support. Here are some important updates from...

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  • Nov 11, 2009

    IntraHealth Presents at the American Evaluation Association Conference

    IntraHealth will offer three presentations at Evaluation 2009: Context and Evaluation , in Orlando, FL, USA, on November 14.  Sponsored by the American Evaluation Association, the conference offers 655 sessions and 50 workshops on the relationship of context and evaluation methods,...

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  • Nov 8, 2009

    Improved HIV Testing in Eastern Caribbean: Off to a Good Start

    IntraHealth is working to improve access to HIV/AIDS community services in the Eastern Caribbean island nations of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines through the Eastern Caribbean Community Action Project (EC-CAP). The International HIV/AIDS...

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  • Nov 8, 2009

    Pfizer Global Health Fellow in Senegal

    “I am slowly settling back, but it’s hard!” says Isabelle Bertrand, who recently completed her six-month fellowship with IntraHealth. “I’m missing Senegal very much.” IntraHealth selected Isabelle to work with its team in Senegal on Mobilize against...

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