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Pape Gaye Named to Duke University's Global Health Institute Board of Advisors

The Duke Global Health Institute is pleased to announce the creation of a Board of Advisors comprised of leaders in global health, business and philanthropy.  (Original news article)

Aiming to Increase Access to and Support for Family Planning in Urban Senegal

IntraHealth International has received a five-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to increase access to modern family planning methods among Senegal’s urban poor. 

One third of Senegal’s low-income urban women lack access to modern family planning, contributing to the country’s high maternal and newborn mortality rate; 690 out of every 100,000 pregnancies in Senegal end in the mother’s death, and 11% of Senegalese children die before the age of five. The project aims to double access to and use of modern family planning in six Senegalese cities.

Progress Made in the Fight against Malaria

Malaria is the most common life-threatening infection in the world and is responsible for over a million deaths a year. However, the WHO’s World Malaria Report 2009 found that an increase in international funding has produced a dramatic rise in efforts to control malaria—and measurable reductions in the disease—in several countries. The full report can be read here.

Bringing an Early Christmas Celebration to a Hospital's Pediatric Ward

“The laughter and cries of those little angels keep going through my mind. I will carry those memories with me wherever I go,” says Grace Kariuki-Mogaka, senior programs officer, referring to IntraHealth’s Kenya staff team’s visit to Kenyatta National Hospital to celebrate an early Christmas with children in the pediatric ward on November 20, 2009. The staff used the funds allocated to them for an end-of-year holiday event to buy the children gifts such as clothes, shoes, toys, and a Christmas cake. 

Inaugural 'Health Worker Leadership Award' Honors Kenyan Midwife, IntraHealth Senior Leader

December 3, 2009, Chapel Hill, NC—To honor 30 years of supporting health workers, IntraHealth International has created a named award for a long-serving employee, Pauline Wambui Muhuhu. President and CEO Pape Gaye presented the inaugural Pauline Muhuhu Leadership Award, with a small cash prize, during a ceremony at the non-profit’s North Carolina headquarters this week.

Because Health Workers Save Lives: Introducing Our New Logo and Website

Strengthening health workers and the systems that support them has been IntraHealth International’s core focus for three decades. Our new logo
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Pink Scrubs and Coconut Rice: A Day in Colón

Striking students are blocking the road to Colón, a city of 200,000 on the Caribbean side of Panama. Cars and trucks are at a standstill in the steamy

Voices from the Field: Fighting HIV in Namibia

Increasing Access to Male Circumcision Services | en fran çais “I am very well prepared and now highly confident in performing male circumcision . .

Echos du terrain: Combattre le VIH en Namibie: Accroître l’accès aux services de circoncision masculine

« Je suis parfaitement préparée et extrêmement confiante concernant la pratique de la circoncision masculine, » affirme Anna Panduleni Kauko Shilunga

Pfizer Global Health Fellow in Senegal

“I am slowly settling back, but it’s hard!” says Isabelle Bertrand, who recently completed her six-month fellowship with IntraHealth. “I’m missing Senegal very much.”

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