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Voices From The Capacity Project: 'I Can Now Speak Boldly.' Using Quality Data for Health Workforce Planning in Uganda

“When I started working at the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council in 2000,” recalls former registrar Rita Matte, “data management was a nightmare

Voices From The Capacity Project: A National Impact—Local Ownership of Health Workforce Initiatives in Uganda

Let’s start by picturing the scene. It’s March 2008 in a hotel conference room in Kampala. Ministry of Health leaders are conducting a midterm review

IntraHealth Director Named One Of Top 20 Most Influential Nurses In The UK

IntraHealth’s Barbara Stilwell has been named one of the top 20 most influential nurses of the last 60 years by the UK’s Nursing Times. She earned the award because she developed the first nurse practitioner training program in the UK. As part of the weekly magazine’ s coverage of the 60th anniversary of the National Health Service, the publication identified and revealed the list of 20 nurses at a special celebration in London on Thursday, December 4.

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.

Voices from the Field: Family Physician's Training Saves An Infant's Life

“I am so incredibly glad that the knowledge I obtained during Primary Health Care Reform [PHCR] trainings helped save a baby’s life,” exclaims Dr
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Voices From The Capacity Project: Human Relations—Building Leadership in Southern Sudan's Health Sector

Aquilino Michael Oduma is especially friendly these days. Whenever he meets a security guard at the Ministry of Health, "I say, how are you, how are

Voices from the Field: Training Boosts Rwandan Media's Skills in Reporting Population and Family Planning Stories

“With more than three years of experience reporting on health issues, I thought I had enough knowledge, but after this training, I realized that I was

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.

Voices From The Capacity Project: Susan's Story—Keeping Secrets and Promoting Family Planning in Rural Kenya

In Kenya’s remote North Eastern Province, a woman nervously approached the Ijara District Hospital. She wanted to learn about family planning but

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