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Capacity Project Contributes To Increased HIV Prevention In Namibia

According to the recently released 2006–2007 Namibia Demographic and Health Survey, the percentage of Namibian women being tested and/or receiving treatment for HIV has increased dramatically over the past six years. 
Findings from the survey show that the overall percentage of women receiving testing has more than doubled (from 24% to 50%) since the survey was last conducted in 2000.

Workplace Violence, Gender-Based Discrimination And Human Resources For Health In Rwanda

In 2007, the IntraHealth-led Capacity Project conducted a study in 44 health sites in Rwanda to determine the nature, prevalence, causes and consequences of workplace violence on human resources for health. This study is intended to assist government ministries and other interested institutions develop policy and programmatic responses to the problem.

Capacity Project Publishes Article In British Nursing Journal

The IntraHealth-led Capacity Project’s Barbara Stilwell and Dykki Settle published an article in the September 10–16 issue of Nursing Standard, a British nursing journal. Titled “Capacity for Progress,” the article gives examples of how the Capacity Project has used information technology (IT) in Africa and discusses how the resulting systems are being (or will be) used to support planning and management of the health workforce.