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Capacity<i>Plus</i> Explores Mobile Health Strategies for Performance Support

The Tanzania Human Resource Capacity Project—a Capacity Project Associate Award—is supporting parasocial workers, a new cadre of community social worker serving the country’s most vulnerable children. To bolster this support, the IntraHealth International-led CapacityPlus global project is examining ways to use mobile phone technology as a tool for supportive supervision.

Ugandan Health Managers Build Skills in Using Data

“[We] need to know the current health workers in health facilities under UPMB [Uganda Protestants Medical Bureau]. . . and I had just started collecting [health facility] data, but I could not come up with enough details given the difficulty with managing data manually,” admits Ruth Nabagala, UPMB monitoring and evaluation officer. “This training enabled me to realize that human resources information systems can help us know the number of health workers we have and the gaps that need to be filled.”

Voices from the Field: On-site Training in Senegal Improves Family Planning Services

Peer-to-peer mentoring “The IntraHealth approach is very promising because health workers themselves have the opportunity to train their peers,” says

"Be Strong—Get Tested" Campaign Launched in Namibia

On April 27 the "Be Strong—Get Tested" Male Engagement Campaign launched, encouraging Namibian men to get tested for HIV. IntraHealth and NawaLife Trust, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Services and with support from the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, collaborated on this mass media campaign.

Honoring the Past, Recognizing the Future... Because Health Workers Save Lives

Click to view scenes from our 30th Anniversary Celebrati on Through fall 2010, IntraHealth celebrates its 30th anniversary with a commemorative

Because Nurses Save Lives

International Nurses’ Day, May 12 Over its 30-year journey to expand access to health care, IntraHealth has partnered with nurses and midwives as well

Capacity<i>Plus</i> Joins the Positive Practice Environments Campaign

In April 2010, CapacityPlus joined the International Council of Nurses, International Pharmaceutical Federation, World Confederation for Physical Therapy, World Dental Federation, World Medical Association, and the International Hospital Federation as part of the Positive Practice Environments Campaign as an international collaborating organization.

USAID’s E-Bulletin Features Family Planning in Rwanda: How a Taboo Topic Became Priority Number One

This month USAID’s Repositioning in Action E-Bulletin summarizes the IntraHealth-commissioned report Family Planning in Rwanda: How a Taboo Topic

IntraHealth's Work in Uganda Recognized at AllAfrica.com

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Esther Nakkazi

Strengthening Health Unit Management Committees in Uganda

Focusing on human resources for health at the local level

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