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Voices From The Capacity Project: Performance-Based Learning—Applying a New Approach at a Nursing School in Mali

In Mali’s remote and resource-poor northern zone, a nursing school is training health workers to serve the diverse population of this region. At the Ecole des Infirmiers de Gao (EIG), around 40 faculty members provide instruction for approximately 240 students.

One of the...

Freedom From Fistula

Aseya Hussein, of Dangla, Ethiopia, suffered from an obstetric fistula for 16 years. Divorced by her husband as a result of her debilitating condition, Ms. Hussein lived within walking distance of a health center, but did not know the facility could help her. Now, thanks to a community outreach campaign organized by the ACQUIRE Project and the arrival of a fistula mentor at the Dangla Health Center, she has been cured. Freedom from the effects and stigma of fistula has enabled Ms.

Report Praises IntraHealth Ethiopia's Work Against Female Genital Cutting

An in-depth study has recognized IntraHealth's work against female genital cutting (FGC) in Ethiopia as one of the most promising approaches for ending this harmful practice against girls and young women.

Mutuelles Help Rwandan Women Pay For Hospital Care

The Rwandan government and its partners have strongly promoted mutuelles de santé, community health insurance schemes that have proven to be a timely solution to the problem of access to quality health care. IntraHealth has assisted Rwanda's Ministry of Health in mutuelles development and support since 2000, most recently through the Twubakane Decentralization and Health Program.

International Zero Tolerance For Female Genital Cutting Day

February 6 is International Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Cutting Day. The World Health Organization estimates that between 100 and 140 million women have undergone this harmful traditional practice, with two million girls and women at risk for female genital cutting (FGC) every year. IntraHealth most recently addressed this challenge in Ethiopia, where, as of 2000, approximately 80% of the female population had undergone FGC—99% in some regions.

Voices From The Capacity Project: Building HR Information Systems—Leading the Way Together in Uganda

In Uganda and other developing countries, the demand for medical professionals is increasing while the supply is decreasing. Only about half of Uganda’s approved public sector positions for nurses are filled, while HIV and AIDS continue to take a toll on health workers as well as the rest of the...

Peer Support Group Program For HIV/AIDS Thrives In Ethiopia

IntraHealth International expanded its Mother Support Program to 16 new sites in the last quarter of 2006. The initiative now supports additional Mother Support Program groups at health centers in Oromia, Addis Ababa, the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region (SNNPR), Dire Dawa and Afar.

Voices From The Capacity Project: Improving Health Care In Zanzibar—Strengthening the Mnazi Mmoja Hospital

Zanzibar’s population of nearly one million needs better access to quality health care. Preventable, communicable diseases including malaria and tuberculosis are widespread, and health facilities suffer from a crippling shortage of doctors, nurses and supplies.

As part of the United...

Voices From The Capacity Project: Ready To Rebuild—Sudanese Doctors Return Home

In Southern Sudan, the combined effects of poverty, underdevelopment and decades of war have produced one of the most challenging health situations in the world. "Malaria kills thousands of adults and children every month, HIV prevalence is rising and maternal mortality is the highest in the...

Voices From The Capacity Project: Kenya's Health Care Crisis—Mobilizing the Workforce in a New Way

Kenya needs more health workers to care for its 32 million citizens, and it needs them fast. "Some health facilities are staffed by a single nurse," says Anne Rono, Director of Human Resources of the country’s Ministry of Health (MOH). She attributes this "human resource crisis" to the combined...

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