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IntraHealth Open Initiative Releases Free Mopreme Shakur Remix in Honor of World Malaria Day

Shakur joins Youssou N’Dour, Nas, Peter Buck of R.E.M. and Duncan Sheik to support open source training for health workers in Africa, including those on the frontlines of the battle against malaria.

Capacity Project Releases Toolkit To Strengthen Human Resources Information Systems

IntraHealth Contributes To A Milestone In Fistula Treatment

The IntraHealth-supported Fistula Care Project and other USAID fistula programs have now reached 10,000 women in 12 countries with life-altering treatment for obstetric fistula. Obstetric fistula is an injury caused by prolonged labor: blood vessels in the mother’s birth canal are compressed, and the resultant tissue death produces a hole between her vagina and bladder, rectum, or both, through which waste passes uncontrollably.

Voices From The Capacity Project: Developing Hope In Life—Mother's Support Groups for Living Positively in Ethiopia

At Modjo Health Center in Oromia, Ethiopia, a young woman is distraught. She recently learned that she is HIV positive, and she is deeply worried

Kenya Emergency Hiring Plan Health Workers To Become Permanent

The Government of Kenya will absorb more than 870 health workers contracted over the past three years through an Emergency Hiring Plan developed by the IntraHealth-led Capacity Project to address the country’s severe shortage of health professionals. Appointing the contract workers to permanent positions in the public health care system ensures that the increased access to HIV/AIDS, family planning and other critical services gained through the emergency plan will continue.

Improving Women's and Girls' Nutrition in India—the Next Steps

The steering committee of the Coalition for Sustainable Nutrition Security in India recently assessed and adopted plans to reduce malnutrition among India’s women and girls.

Voices from the Field: Extending HIV Counseling And Testing To Rural Areas Of Zambia

"Each and every one should be proud of his or her [HIV] status, so that everyone is able to say, ‘Me, I’m so-so-so; me, I’m so-so-so’—even those who

Kenya Government Appoints Emergency Health Workers to Permanent Positions

March 19, 2009, Chapel Hill, NC—The Government of Kenya has approved a complete absorption of more than 870 health workers contracted over the past three years through an Emergency Hiring Plan to address the country’s severe shortage of health professionals.

Rwandan Officials Hail HCSP Support To Nyagatare Hospital

Supervisors from Rwanda’s national Treatment and Research AIDS Center (TRAC Plus) praised the quality of HIV clinical services they witnessed during an evaluation visit to Nyagatare District Hospital in January.The IntraHealth-led USAID HIV/AIDS Clinical Services Program (HCSP) supports the  hospital, located in the Eastern Province of Rwanda.

Pfizer Global Health Fellow To Team Up With IntraHealth International on Malaria Treatment Efforts in Tambacounda, Senegal

Isabelle Bertrand had waited to apply. Only employees who have been with Pfizer for more than three years are eligible for its competitive and prestigious Global Health Fellows program, which financially supports employees in volunteering for capacity building projects in countries all over the world.

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