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New UNFPA Report Highlights Need for 350,000 More Midwives

Last week, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and partner agencies released The State of the World’s Midwifery 2011 report, which shows the world is short 350,000 midwives—nearly the same number of women who die each year from complications of pregnancy or childbirth: 358,000. Using data from 58 developing countries where 91% of maternal deaths occur, the report stresses that making high-quality midwifery services more widely available is an essential step to improving women and children’s health.

Tracking All Health Workers in Botswana

Kabelo Bitsang works at the Botswana Ministry of Health. His job is to help the Ministry know enough about the country’s health workers so it can plan

Special Event with <em>New York Times Bestselling Author Daniel H. Pink

Drive: What Motivates Health Workers? Friday, June 17 from 2:30-4:30 pm | The Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC IntraHealth International and

TEDxChapel Hill Featured in Science in the Triangle

The Research Triangle Park blog Science in the Triangle reported on TEDxChapel Hill: A glimpse into the global technology era. 

Presented at a TED talk independently organized by IntraHealth [on] June 2 at the Varsity Theatre in Chapel Hill, these innovative technological applications provided a glimpse of what’s possible in places without functioning transportation, healthcare and banking infrastructures.

Meeting Women's Reproductive Health Needs in a Remote Corner of Mali

It takes two days to drive from Mali ’s capital, Bamako, to the Gao Region in the north. Encompassing 66,000 square miles, Gao is larger than Greece

Capacity<i>Plus</i> Announces New Versions of iHRIS Software and Mali’s Adoption of the Software Package

Earlier this week, CapacityPlus announced the release of iHRIS Manage and iHRIS Qualify 4.0.15, two software products that are part of CapacityPlus’s iHRIS Suite of Open Source tools for tracking, managing, and planning the health workforce.

UNC Chancellor Thorp Headlines TEDxChapelHill on Global Health and Technology

May 26, 2011, Chapel Hill, NC—From cell phones to enhanced diagnostics, crowd-sourcing, and mobile medical devices, a growing number of innovative technologies—and innovators—are improving access to high-quality health care for vulnerable populations worldwide. Leaders in the field will discuss how they are solving unique global health challenges at a TEDxChapelHill event on Thursday, June 2, at the Varsity Theater in Chapel Hill. Organized by IntraHealth International, the event is free and open to the public.

Mali Work on Obstetric Fistula Featured at Ministry Press Conference

Mali's Ministry of Health recently held a press conference in Bamako, Mali, regarding the International Day of the Midwife. IntraHealth’s Mali country director Dr. Cheick Oumar Touré spoke about the assistance provided by the US government to the Ministry of Health through the Fistula Care project in several regions.

World Health Assembly Briefing on the Protection of Patients and Health Workers in Conflict

GENEVA—IntraHealth International, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Merlin, and the World Medical Association held a session at the World Health Assembly yesterday to address the protection of health workers, facilities, and patients under conditions of armed conflict. More than 75 participants attended the event, which was co-sponsored by the United States Government’s Department of Health and Human Services.

World Health Organization Urged to Act Over Assaults on Health Personnel and Facilities

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been urged by a consortium of 18 health and non-governmental organizations to take action on the growing number of assaults on health personnel and facilities in areas of conflict and civil unrest.

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