Miscarriages and unsafe induced abortions are a worldwide health problem, resulting in the death of close to 70,000 women each year*. Postabortion care (PAC) is a strategy to address this problem by treating women with complications, providing family planning to prevent unintended pregnancy, and engaging communities to strengthen and create awareness of PAC services.

A recent report from Senegal shows that IntraHealth’s on-the-job training method is less expensive and more effective than traditional classroom-based methods for enabling health workers to offer high-quality health care services. The Senegal Ministry of Health is now working to adopt this approach nationwide.

October 21, 2010, Washington, DC—According to a new policy paper published this week, health NGO IntraHealth International is calling on the United States Government to devise and adopt a measurable human resources for health (HRH) strategy to support the Obama Administration’s six-year, $63-billion Global Health Initiative (GHI). The worldwide shortage of health workers—intensified by maldistribution and migration—remains a critical obstacle to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, as well as the global health goals of the US Government.