In December 2012, IntraHealth International and the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) will begin jointly coordinating the secretariat of the Health Workforce Advocacy Initiative (HWAI).

A unique new training package will help health workers in Ethiopia to prevent, identify, and provide early treatment for women with obstetric fistula, one of the most damaging complications of childbirth. The training materials, developed by IntraHealth International with the Fistula Care Project, are intended for midwives, nurses, community health workers, and other staff who serve on the front lines of Ethiopia’s health care field.

Kenya has what it takes to develop technological health solutions, says IntraHealth International CEO Pape Gaye in a new article in CIO East Africa.

IntraHealth International announces the publication of “Increasing Community Health Worker Productivity and Effectiveness: A Review of the Influence of the Work Environment” in the journal Human Resources for Health. In this new research article, policy-makers, program managers, researchers, and students will learn which factors in the work environment affect a community health worker’s performance and, ultimately, determine the effectiveness of community-based strategies.

October 24, 2012, Washington, DC—The Frontline Health Workers Coalition has received a $750,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, awarded to coalition member IntraHealth International, to support the group’s mission to urge greater and more strategic U.S. investment in frontline health workers in developing countries. Building this workforce is the most cost-effective way to save lives and foster a healthier, safer, more prosperous world, the coalition says.

The Frontline Health Workers Coalition has received a $750,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, awarded to coalition member IntraHealth International, to support the group’s mission to urge greater and more strategic U.S. investment in frontline health workers in developing countries. Building this workforce is the most cost-effective way to save lives and foster a healthier, safer, more prosperous world, the coalition says.

CIO East Africa reported on IntraHealth’s FUNZOKenya project in an article by Martin Kinyua, Norbert Boruett, and Wanjiru Kan’gara.

IntraHealth International announces the release of iHRIS Retain, a freely available and open source software tool that estimates the costs of plans to attract health workers to serve in a rural region—and to keep them there. The tool allows health sector officials to easily compare the costs of various combinations of retention strategies over time.