Venez à la rencontre de Marguerite Diarra. Son but est de former davantage de sage-femmes et d'am éliorer l'acc ès aux soins maternels au Mali.
Venez à la rencontre de Marguerite Diarra. Son but est de former davantage de sage-femmes et d'am éliorer l'acc ès aux soins maternels au Mali. By , Technical advisor for communications , , Strategic communications managercbalesMarch 08, 2024March 08, 2024 12:00 PMPar une matin ée ensoleillée à l ' école Vicenta Maria de Ségou au Mali, Marguerite Diarra démontre la gestion active de la troisième phase de l’accouchement en utilisant un Mama-U, un simulateur obstétrique/gynécologique représentant l ' ut érus d ' une femme.  Marguerite forme des sage-femmes qualifi ées prêtes à s ' occup...
Source: IntraHealth International - March 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news

Meet Marguerite Diarra. She ’s On a Mission to Train More Midwives and Increase Access to Maternal Care in Mali
By , Technical advisor for communications , , Strategic communications managercbalesMarch 08, 2024March 08, 2024 12:00 PMOn a sunny morning at the Vicenta Maria School of S égou in Mali, Marguerite Diarra demonstrates active management of the third stage of labor using a Mama-U, a training model representing a woman’s uterus after childbirth. Marguerite is on a mission to produce more skilled midwives who are ready to care for women in Mali, particularly in rural communities. She grew up in  Beleko, in the region of Dioila, and became a midwife in 2016. Now she’s a permanent teacher at the school, speciali...
Source: IntraHealth International - March 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news

Uganda Sees Health Workforce Gains; Increases in Family Planning and Safe Deliveries at End of USAID Project
cbalesFebruary 19, 2024February 19, 2024Between 2017 and 2023, Uganda strengthened its health workforce and systems, improved health services, and championed locally led development in collaboration with IntraHealth ’sRegional Health Integration to Enhance Services in Eastern Uganda (RHITES-E) Activity.Led by IntraHealth in partnership with The AIDS Support Organization (TASO), Communication for Development Foundation Uganda (CDFU), Malaria Consortium, and Medic, the USAID-funded project worked closely with the government at the national and local levels to expand access to high-quality health services. RHITES-E also sup...
Source: IntraHealth International - February 19, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news

Tina Flores Tapped to Lead Frontline Health Workers Coalition
cbalesJanuary 29, 2024January 29, 2024The  Frontline Health Workers Coalition welcomes Tina Flores as its new director. Flores will shepherd in a new phase for the global coalition, one that is more focused on multilateral, regional, and country advocacy and engagement, as well as strategic growth.The Frontline Health Workers Coalition is an alliance of 42 international organizations urging greater support andstrategic investment for all health workers –including nurses, midwives, and community health workers–around the globe. Flores leads the coalition’s secretariat, which is hosted by IntraHealth International. "...
Source: IntraHealth International - January 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news

Picture It: New Surgical Equipment Will Improve Maternal Health in Senegal
By , MNCH/FP Technical Advisor, USAID MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics Project in Senegal , , MEL Technical Advisor, USAID MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics Project in SenegalcbalesDecember 19, 2023December 19, 2023 12:00 PMOn December 6, the USAID MOMENTUM Safe Surgery in Family Planning and Obstetrics project (MOMENTUM Safe Surgery) donated five  Universal Anesthesia Machines to hospitals in Thi ès, Senegal, valued at approximately $117,000. The machines, which can run without electricity or medical oxygen, will improve equitable access to high-quality obstetric a...
Source: IntraHealth International - December 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news

How is Our USAID Project in Central America Partnering with Communities and Community Health Workers to End AIDS?
By , Strategic communications manager , , Communications Specialist , , Chief of party, Central America HIV Care and Treatment Project and regional director, Central AmericacbalesDecember 01, 2023December 01, 2023 12:00 PMThe UNAIDS theme for World AIDS Day this year is Let Communities Lead. Anew report highlights that communities living with, at risk of, or affected by HIV are at the forefront of progress in the HIV response, including connecting people to HIV services, and calls for more action to enable and support communities in their leadership roles.We sat down withYadira Villase ñor, IntraHealth ’s ...
Source: IntraHealth International - December 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news

Are We at the “End of the Beginning” for Global Digital Health? And What’s Next?
By , Deputy director of data science , , Chief digital health officercbalesNovember 29, 2023November 29, 2023 12:00 PMAfter decades of sustained focus by the digital health community, global bodies like the WHO, UNICEF, and the World Bank, and many country governments have embraced digital transformation as a key driver for achieving universal health coverage. But that may just be the end of the beginning for global digital health —to enable digital transformation that impacts health outcomes, we still have major challenges to address:The proliferation of innovative, but not interoperable, digital tools has arg...
Source: IntraHealth International - November 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news

In Francophone West Africa, 3,000 More Nursing and Midwifery Students Are Benefitting from Competency-Based Training Matching Local Needs
cbalesNovember 20, 2023November 20, 2023IntraHealth is partnering with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited to improve maternal and child health in Mali, Senegal, and Niger by sustainably increasing the number of skilled nurses and midwives ready to serve rural communities.  Through the  Classroom to Care (C2C) project, funded by Takeda ' s Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program, IntraHealth International is improving access to high-quality maternal and child health care in Mali, Niger, and Senegal by strengthening the preservice training of nurses and midwives in 12 private health schools. Now at the end ...
Source: IntraHealth International - November 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news

Want to Unleash Pent Up Health Tech Innovation in Africa? Invest in Health Worker and Facility Registries
By , Deputy director of data science , , Chief digital health officercbalesOctober 04, 2023October 04, 2023 12:00 PMEarlier this year, IntraHealth International connected with a company that ’s using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to dynamically redistribute the health workforce in Liberia. We quickly got into the weeds—how are you setting it up and how much does it cost? No surprise, it’s like any data science project—80% of the work is wrangling the data. In this case, the firm had to create a list of all the health facilities and the providers working at those facilities and their tr...
Source: IntraHealth International - October 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news

Three Ways to Support and Engage the Full Health Workforce Needed to Deliver on UNGA ’s Health Agenda
By , Vice President, Resilient Health Systems, Abt AssociatescbalesOctober 02, 2023October 02, 2023 12:00 PMThis post was originally published on theFrontline Health Workers Coalition Blog during the UN General Assembly in September 2023.As global health leaders convene in New York for three separate  high-level UN meetings—on the fight against tuberculosis (TB); universal health coverage (UHC); and pandemic preparedness, prevention, and response—there is one critical element required to complete all these agendas, and that is a robust and resilient health workforce. Without sufficient, well-protected, well-tra...
Source: IntraHealth International - October 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news

How Can Nurses Support Digital Health and Vice Versa?
By , Strategic communications manager , , Chief digital health officercbalesSeptember 13, 2023September 13, 2023 12:00 PMDigital health is key for achieving universal health coverage and equitably responding to pandemics —both on the agenda for the UN General Assembly this month. I sat down with  Olivia V élez, IntraHealth International ’s chief digital health officer and part of our delegation heading to UNGA. She ’s a registered nurse and holds a PhD in nursing informatics, in addition to master ' s degrees in information systems and public health. She shared how digital health can support nurses and ...
Source: IntraHealth International - September 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news

At UNGA, Civil Society Must Mobilize Global Solidarity for Universal Health Coverage
By , Founding Executive Director, African Center for Global Health and Social TransformationcbalesSeptember 12, 2023September 12, 2023 12:00 PMAs world leaders prepare for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, it ’s important for those of us in civil society to prepare ourselves ideologically to engage, especially for pushing leaders to make commitments during the UN High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) on September 21. The theme for this important gathering is Universal health coverage: expanding our ambition for health and well-being in a post-COVID world.We all have a right to...
Source: IntraHealth International - September 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news

Maqsoda Maqsodi Appointed Permanent President & CEO of IntraHealth
Maqsoda Maqsodi Appointed Permanent President& CEO of IntraHealthcbalesAugust 29, 2023August 29, 2023Chapel Hill, NCIntraHealth International ’s board of directors has voted unanimously to appoint Maqsoda Maqsodi as president and CEO of IntraHealth, effective immediately. Maqsodi has served as  interim president and CEO since February 2023, and has led the organization on a transformation agenda that has strengthened our program delivery and localization efforts around the world.  “Maqsoda is hands-down the right person to lead IntraHealth into this exciting new era,” says Mary Karen Wills, chair of IntraHeal...
Source: IntraHealth International - August 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news

USAID and IntraHealth to Expand Locally Led Development in Zambia
cbalesAugust 08, 2023August 08, 2023Through a new contract from the US Agency for International Development (USAID),IntraHealth International will implement the Zambia Leading Organizational Capacity and Localization Development (LOCAL) Activity. This project will build on IntraHealth ’s 24-year history in Zambia, and our successful local capacity-strengthening work, to enable local implementing partners (LIPs) to independently secure, manage, and monitor USAID programs to carry out the country’s development agenda and deliver results for the Zambian people.Locally led development is the best path toward sustained impr...
Source: IntraHealth International - August 8, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news

In South Sudan, Antiretroviral Therapy Gives Man a Second Chance to Live
By , Communications OfficercbalesAugust 01, 2023August 01, 2023 12:00 PMTwenty-five-year-old John thinks he may have lived with HIV for over three years before taking a blood test in December 2021. After several failed over-the-counter malaria treatments, John ’s older brother Ojok took him to Munuki Primary Health Center in Juba, where he tested HIV positive.Although health workers immediately enrolled John on antiretroviral therapy (ART), he refused medication and lived in denial for another year.John ’s health deteriorated and in December 2022, Ojok returned him to Munuki Primary Health Center. After health wo...
Source: IntraHealth International - August 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbales Source Type: news