How Can We See More Smiling Babies in Rwanda and Around the World?
Health workers are key, says Kayinamura Mwali Assumpta, along with ensuring they have the training, support, and equipment they need.
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Carol Bales is a communications manager who also supports advocacy and policy communications at IntraHealth International. She’s a well-rounded communications professional with more than 15 years of experience working in global health. She currently focuses on writing and visual storytelling.
Health workers are key, says Kayinamura Mwali Assumpta, along with ensuring they have the training, support, and equipment they need.
Tracy Kobukindo knows how to bring more nurses to the table.
Here are some of the wins and opportunities the Frontline Health Workers Coalition is tracking.
Olajumoke Adebayo has some ideas.
Here's what they need to be safer, healthier, and better prepared to do their jobs.
National policies and investments during the pandemic are only part of the story.
Having enough health workers won’t make diseases go away, but it can prevent them from becoming pandemics in the first place.
They have the skills to lead multidisciplinary teams and improve health services for us all.
Part of the Frontline Perspectives series for the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife.
After this week's high-level meeting at the UN General Assembly, we’re left asking one big question.
World Health Worker Week was a time to educate lawmakers on the tremendous impact of frontline health workers.
They're working to prevent HIV in two of the country’s hardest-to-reach areas.
She's working with young religious leaders to revolutionize sex ed in Niger.
The threat in DRC may no longer be containable and could become endemic.
Community health workers like Nanzula link their neighbors to the essential primary health services they need.
A simple procedure is lowering the risk for thousands of couples in Tanzania.
Carlos considered dropping out of everything. Then he met Aracely, an adherence promoter.
In just a year, home births in Bokhtar District have been cut in half.
Ghiath Alddin Zeen was forced to leave Syria, but continues to find ways to help his people.
Health workers and facilities are supposed to be protected by the rules of war, but they're still being attacked.
In conflict areas around the world, health workers like Patrick in South Sudan continue to risk their lives to do their jobs.
Happy Mother’s Day to moms—and the health workers who care for them—everywhere!
October 15 is Global Handwashing Day. That's great. But what if the only water you have to wash with is dark brown?
We strive for a world where everyone, everywhere has the health care they need to thrive. Our new photo exhibit provides a glimpse into that vision as it becomes a reality.
Mohammed Adamu Adangba dedicates his life to helping vulnerable children. How can we support him and other social service workers to provide care and services to more people that need them?
On International Women's Day we remember the dedicated women we met at Garden City University College who are making women’s health happen.
Meet Dr. Arturo Carrillo. He's fighting to end discrimination and stigma in El Salvador's health services.
In the emergency ward where she works, Dr. Eno Biney tells us how she saved a woman’s life the day before and how things might have turned out differently just a few years ago.
What's most exciting about being a lecturer of molecular medicine at the School of Medical Sciences in Ghana? Dr. Obirikorang tells us.
Meet Phylis Cherono Siele, a nurse in Kenya's Tenwek Mission Hospital whose joy comes from helping clients find hope, even in the most difficult times.
This year, 6.6 million children under five won’t reach their birthdays.
During World Health Worker Week, we’re celebrating the people who provide life-saving care.
Agnes Masagwayi loves her job, but it hasn't always been easy. Fortunately, things are looking up for Uganda's health workers.
We picked Malik Jaffer’s brain about health worker heroes and what it’ll take to make more of them.
In Lira, Uganda, Mary Philomena Okello is the only palliative care nurse for miles. Carol Bales tells the story behind the photos.
A few hours after I delivered my daughter three years ago, one of my midwives, Jenny Cox, stopped by to see how we were doing.
Meet three men in Africa who share two key beliefs: access to health care for all people is vital, and healthy people build strong economies.
In this photo from Ile de Gorée, an island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, Carie Cox reminds us how health workers often sacrifice their own health or safety in order to care for their patients.
At 23, CapacityPlus’s Rebecca Bailey mailed two applications: to law school and to the Peace Corps.
Maureen Kanyiginya is a young midwife with a gentle and confident presence. Meet her and others through our new video series.
IntraHealth's Dykki Settle was excited to show me his photos from his latest trip to Uganda to support the launch of the country’s HRHIS.
As IntraHealth's global project wraps up its second fiscal year, we're sharing a summary of its accomplishments.
Kabelo Bitsang of the Botswana Ministry of Health, learned to maintain and customize the iHRIS software by studying online, working with developers around the world, and training in Ghana.
iHRIS Manage , open source software created to support organizations in developing countries to design and manage a comprehensive human resources strategy, has now found a domestic audience....
Meet three Ugandan health workers who love their jobs. Agnes, Habiba, and Alex find joy in serving their clients, but they face many challenges—and there are simply not enough health workers to...