Features


  • Jan 19, 2012

    Echoes of Change from Community Health Work in Madagascar

    In Madagascar, a hilly island nation of 20 million, many people live in small, widely scattered hamlets often made up of just a few houses. Hamlets may be many kilometers apart, and many people may have to walk hours or even days to the health center to seek care. The Santénet2...

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  • Jan 11, 2012

    "Best Buy" for Saving Lives: New Coalition Urges US Government to Invest in Frontline Health Workers

    A new and diverse coalition of 15 major global health organizations—including IntraHealth International, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Save the Children—is calling on the US government for more strategic investment in frontline health workers as the most...

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  • Jan 5, 2012

    IntraHealth Staff Publish in Journal Issue Dedicated to Global Health Workforce

    Recently, World Population and Health published a journal issue dedicated to exploring the challenges faced by the global health workforce. Drawing on IntraHealth’s experiences addressing health workforce issues , several IntraHealth leaders and staff contributed: “ The...

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  • Jan 5, 2012

    Helping People Living with HIV Support Each Other: Emotionally, Physically, Financially

    Spéciose Mukaferesi is a nurse, and for nearly 20 years, she has lived with HIV. For much of that time, she has also lived with the stigma that can accompany a positive diagnosis. In 2007, she reached out to other women like herself to start Rushaki Health Center’s first support...

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  • Dec 27, 2011

    When No One Is There: Uganda’s Absent Health Workers

    Preliminary results from a recent study in Uganda suggest that health workers may be absent from their posts as much as 35% of the time. The health workers most likely to be absent are often the more highly trained workers such as doctors or clinical officers. The study presents a stark,...

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  • Dec 14, 2011

    Family Planning: Real Stories from Dakar

    A special summary of media coverage, new resources, photos, blogs and more following the 2011 International Conference on Family Planning in Dakar, Senegal, November 29–December 2, 2011. FEATURED BLOG AND SLIDESHOW Political Support and Popular Opinion on the...

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  • Dec 14, 2011

    What People in Dakar Say about Family Planning

    In his first public speech about family planning, Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade addressed the 2,400 conference participants during the opening plenary session. He acknowledged that it was controversial to talk about population control but said that family planning is essential to addressing...

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  • Nov 30, 2011

    World AIDS Day 2011: Getting to Zero

    The goal: zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination, zero AIDS-related deaths. December 1 st marks World AIDS Day focused on “Getting to Zero.” The International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa will take place December 4–8 th in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with a...

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  • Nov 15, 2011

    New Nutrition Program in Rwanda Changing Lives

    This story was originally published in a longer form by USAID. Every day, Josephine Mukamana* straps her 18-month-old daughter to her back and walks the short distance from her home to the market. During the walk, she composes a grocery list in her head. There was a time when...

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  • Nov 10, 2011

    New Project to Engage West African Civil Society in Family Planning

    Recently, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation awarded IntraHealth International a two-year grant to support collaboration with civil society organizations and leaders in French-speaking West Africa—particularly Benin, Mali, and Senegal—to encourage greater commitment to...

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