The IntraHealth Difference

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  Vincent Oketcho, Chief of Party, Uganda Capacity Project

  “I became interested in the health workforce because I’ve seen it firsthand,” says Vincent Oketcho, who began his global health career as a medical doctor specializing in public health. “In Uganda, we’re short of people, in number, in skills. They are not performing to expectation, they come late and leave early,... Read more »

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  Menna Ayalew, Fistula Mentor

  “People told me that there was no way we could cure her, that we should just let her die at home,” says Menna Ayalew, who works with the Fistula Care Project in Ethiopia . She is talking about Asrebeb, a 20-year-old woman who had given birth at home when she was just 14. Asrebeb did not have a skilled health worker to assist her... Read more »

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  Emile Sempabwa, Policy and Development Technical Director

  “I made a decision 30 years ago to serve people in my country through public health,” says Emile Sempabwa, director of policy and development for an IntraHealth project in Rwanda. “I had always wanted to serve the population in the area of prevention, and that’s how I ended up working in reproductive health and family... Read more »

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  Beatrica Kapya, Administrative Specialist

  “I was very happy to work with an international organization dedicated to strengthening health workers and health systems,” says Beatrice Kapya, administrative specialist with the Tanzania Human Resource Capacity Project . With IntraHealth since 2007, Beatrice oversees the day-to-day activities of the Tanzania office. She is... Read more »