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"We Have Done It Before, We Are Doing It Now, and We Will Do It Again": CapacityPlus Awards Scholarships to Midwifery Students 23 Aug 2013 | 11:35 pm
This post originally appeared on the CapacityPlus blog. “We have done it before, we are doing it now, and we will do it again,” announced Samuel Ngobua, chief of party for CapacityPlus/Nigeria, durin...
Human Resources for Health in the 21 st Century: Make HRH Part of the Upcoming Global Governance for Health Discussions 23 Aug 2013 | 01:40 am
Every so often, a prevailing system or approach changes dramatically. Small changes and tweaks to the status quo give way to a seismic paradigm shift. Now may be just such a moment in global health, a...
Malagasy Communities Empowered to Address Their Own Health Needs 14 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
Men and women in 800 communes (or municipalities) throughout rural Madagascar are now more knowledgeable, effective advocates for their own health care, thanks to IntraHealth International and the ...
These Kenyan Nurses Are Learning from the Best 5 Aug 2013 | 09:10 pm
The Tenwek Mission Hospital neonatal intensive care unit is full of babies. White wooden incubators, each containing a newborn, are stacked three high against the walls. Some mothers press their faces...
The Potential Power of Public-Private Partnerships in Ghana 1 Aug 2013 | 05:20 pm
Garden City University College is a private nursing school in Kumasi, Ghana, where I spent six weeks this summer assessing the school’s progress toward improving its management practices. During my ti...
Students Gain Hands-On Global Health Experience through Fourth Annual IntraHealth-UNC Summer Fellows Program 31 Jul 2013 | 11:30 pm
At a reception on August 2, IntraHealth International’s 2013 Global Health Fellows will formally complete their fellowships and present their work to IntraHealth staff, University of North Carolina (U...
Syria: In a Doctor's Words 26 Jul 2013 | 11:35 pm
This post originally appeared on the blog of the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition, of which IntraHealth International is a member. The coalition promotes respect for international humanitaria...
Preventing Stock Outs, Saving Lives 25 Jul 2013 | 12:20 am
We know that family planning saves lives by reducing maternal mortality, improving child health, and advancing women’s socioeconomic status. But in Senegal, unmet need for family planning is still one...
Picturing Our Work: Teaching Teachers to Save Lives 18 Jul 2013 | 12:25 am
This post originally appeared on the CapacityPlus blog. For millions of women in the world, giving birth is one of the biggest threats to their lives. Nigeria has one of the highest maternal mortalit...
Emerging Pandemic Threats from Animal Sources: The Need for Greater Health Worker Capacity in Developing Countries to Prevent and Control Them 17 Jul 2013 | 07:30 pm
Diseases transmitted from animals to humans—called zoonoses—include SARS, influenza, the newly emerging coronavirus, rabies, toxoplasmosis, HIV, and a host of other interspecies-transmitted diseases. ...
