The Future of Health Care in Rwanda Starts with a Strong Government Partnership
By Samson Radeny,
Chief of party, Ingobyi Project, Rwanda ; Katherine Seaton,
Editorial Officer
Photo by Charles Harris for IntraHealth International.February 13, 2020Just a decade ago, Rwanda struggled to provide high-quality health services. But when the Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals pushed for change, Rwanda was focused, proactive, and determined to provide better for its 12 million people. Now, the country is an example of how hopes for better health care can become a reality.In the past two decades, the maternal mortality rate in Rwanda hasdropped from 1,071 to 210 deaths per 100,000 live births...
Source: IntraHealth International - February 4, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Infectious Diseases Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health Digital Health Leadership and Governance IntraHealth ' s 40th Anniversary Community Health Workers Source Type: news
Reflections on 2020 from a Nurse and a Midwife
By Stembile Mugore,
Senior advisor for health sector performance and sustainability, IntraHealth International
Stembile Mugore presents at IntraHealth ' s annual SwitchPoint conference. Photo by Ted Richardson for IntraHealth International.February 04, 2020In Florence Nightingale’s day, nursing was a lowly job—but she elevated it. Her working conditions during the Crimea war were deplorable, yet she left a legacy of patient-centered care.In honor of her 200th birthday this year, nurses should bring about the change we want in order to be proud of our profession and to show the world that we deserve recogn...
Source: IntraHealth International - February 4, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbishopp Tags: Nursing & Midwifery Midwives Nurses Source Type: news
These 10 Trends will Define Digital Health in the Next Decade
By Wayan Vota,
Director of digital health
Smartphones have revolutionized the way health workers do business. Photo by Clement Tardif for IntraHealth International.January 30, 2020It’s been ten years since the first truly affordablesmartphone was introduced and unleashed a transformation across the African continent. These days, over 40% of all Africans use smartphones, and the technology generates 8.6% of GDP insub-Saharan Africa.But the tech transformation hasn’t stopped with telecommunications. The field of digital health has expanded, too. To kick off 2020, IntraHealth International’sdigital hea...
Source: IntraHealth International - January 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbishopp Tags: Digital Health Technology Source Type: news
Ten Defining Family Planning Achievements of the Decade
By Brittany Goetsch,
Program Officer at Johns Hopkins University
A happy young mother with her infant in Zomba, Malawi. Photo © 2018 Nandi Bwanali/One Community, Courtesy of Photoshare.January 29, 2020The last 10 years has been a time of immense growth and innovation for the family planning community, as well as new challenges and opportunities. Here, the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs-led Knowledge SUCCESS project reflects on 10 defining achievements, in no particular order of importance, that have shaped and continue to inform family planning programs and services over the past decade.1....
Source: IntraHealth International - January 27, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Family Planning & Reproductive Health Source Type: news
Is This Health Worker Ready to Prevent HIV? There's a Game for That
By Katherine Seaton,
Editorial OfficerJanuary 23, 2020Around1.4 million people are living with HIV in Tanzania. While there’s been a 49% decrease in the number of AIDS-related deaths since 2010, the country is still a long way from epidemic control. Training health workers to mitigate the spread of the disease is crucial.TheWorld Health Organization estimates that we need over 7 million additional skilled health workers to meet just the basic health care needs of the world’s 7.6 billion residents. Countries such as Tanzania are focusing not only on increasing the number of their health workers, but also ...
Source: IntraHealth International - January 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: HIV & AIDS Digital Health Source Type: news
The Future of Global Health Starts with Nurses and Midwives
By The Editorial Team,
IntraHealth InternationalJanuary 23, 2020We think 2020 is going to be our kind of year.Maybe it’s the optimism of a brand-new decade. Or maybe it’s knowing that despite all the global uncertainty and unrest, humans are in a pretty good place, historically speaking. Today less than 10% of people live in extreme poverty,according to the World Bank—down from almost 36% just 30 years ago.But it’s more than that. For the first time ever, the global health community is shifting its gaze to a group of people we atIntraHealth International have been passionate about for 40 years now...
Source: IntraHealth International - January 22, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: mnathe Tags: HIV & AIDS Infectious Diseases Maternal, Newborn, Child Health Policy Advocacy Gender Equality Nursing Midwifery Midwives Nurses Source Type: news
Policy Changes in Tanzania and Beyond Unleash Full Power of Nurses
By Carol Bales ,
Advocacy and policy communications manager, IntraHealth International
Imelda Ngonyani is a skilled nurse in Tanzania. Photo by Josh Estey for IntraHealth International.January 21, 2020You can usually find nurse Imelda Ngonyani working in the maternity ward at Sekou Toure Regional Hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania.“My happiest moments there are when I help a mom bring home a new, healthy baby,” she says.Although she’s primarily helping women safely deliver, she’s also often called to a nearby clinic to perform a simple surgery for men that can help prevent HIV.A key HIV-prevention s...
Source: IntraHealth International - January 21, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: HIV & AIDS Nursing Midwifery Midwives Nurses Source Type: news
Data-Driven Strategies and Creative Approaches to Addressing HIV Get Results in South Sudan
January 21, 2020As the number of new HIV infectionsrises in South Sudan and the country struggles to provide high-quality health care during an ongoing civil war,IntraHealth International is partnering with the Ministry of Health and health workers to make better care available to more people.In 2018, only 24% of people living with HIV in South Sudan knew their status and only 16% of people living with HIV were on treatment,according to UNAIDS. The epidemic is concentrated among certain groups that face barriers to health care and higher risks of infection, especially female sex workers, orphans, and vulnerable children. T...
Source: IntraHealth International - January 21, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: mnathe Tags: South Sudan HIV & AIDS Community Engagement Digital Health Human Resources Management Health in Conflict Social Services Source Type: news
How the Digital Marketplace Is Changing the Way We Eat
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Source: IntraHealth International - January 16, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Nutrition Digital Health Source Type: news
Trained Supply Chain Workers Are Key to Improving Access to Health Products at Senegal's Last Mile
By Batouo Souare,
Communications Officer, IntraHealth International ; Melanie Joiner,
Senior technical manager, IntraHealth InternationalJanuary 08, 2020We sometimes say,“No product, no program,” within global health programs—because no health program can succeed if the medicines and health products people need aren’t available when and where they need them. It has become clearer than ever that without qualified, well-trained human resources to manage supply chains, health products do not reach the last mile.For the past seven years, IntraHealth has been working with the Ministry of Health and S...
Source: IntraHealth International - January 8, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: mnathe Tags: Family Planning & Reproductive Health Human Resources Management Private-Sector Approaches Health Workforce Systems Pharmacists Source Type: news
Kenya Now Uses iHRIS Software to Manage PEPFAR Health Workforce
January 08, 2020The government of Kenya is now using IntraHealth’siHRIS software to manage 25,000 health workers contracted through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).IntraHealth already supports national and county governments in managing Kenya’s 67,000 public sector health workers using iHRIS through the USAID-fundedHumanResources for Health KenyaMechanism. But now that use is expanding.HIV testing, care, and treatment in Kenya is heavily PEPFAR-funded. As part of USAID’s Journey to Self-Reliance, which emphasizes localization, the government of Kenya is increasing support and...
Source: IntraHealth International - January 8, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbishopp Tags: Kenya Human Resources for Health (HRH) Kenya Program HIV & AIDS Digital Health Technology HRIS Health Workforce Systems Health Workers Source Type: news
Ten Big Moments in Global Health from the 2010s
By Margarite Nathe,
Principal Editor/Writer, IntraHealth International
A nurse provides antiretroviral medicines to an HIV-positive client in Guatemala. Photo by Anna Watts for IntraHealth International. (Banner: Felicia, a 29 year old Liberian nurse, prepares to go inside an Ebola patient ward to draw blood. Photo by Morgana Wingard for USAID, used underCC BY-NC 2.0.)December 19, 2019As the 2010s come to a close, we’re looking back on the past decade in global health. Here are ten big moments that will stick with us—and could continue to shape the future of health for us all.2010: We worried about a glob...
Source: IntraHealth International - December 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: mnathe Tags: Family Planning & Reproductive Health HIV AIDS Infectious Diseases Maternal, Newborn, Child Health Noncommunicable Diseases Policy Advocacy Gender Equality Global Health Security Health Workforce Systems Nursing Midwifery Source Type: news
The Future of Health in Tajikistan Starts with Community Health Volunteers
By Casey Bishopp,
Communications officer, IntraHealth International ; Roman Yorick ,
Chief of Party, Tajikistan Health and Nutrition Activity
Community health volunteers work across maternal and child health, hygiene, agriculture, and advocacy in Tajikistan ' s Khatlon region. Photo by Claudia Muir for IntraHealth International.December 18, 2019Roman Yorick and his team in Tajikistan have plenty to be proud of.Yorick leads IntraHealth International’s work there, where we address maternal and child health through nutrition and agricultural programs and work to improve hygiene and sanitation in health care faci...
Source: IntraHealth International - December 18, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbishopp Tags: Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health Nutrition IntraHealth ' s 40th Anniversary Community Health Workers Source Type: news
Mindfulness: A New Approach to the Nursing Shortage Crisis
By Ebahi Ikharo,
2019 UNC-IntraHealth Summer FellowDecember 16, 2019Just outside Windhoek, Namibia, I stood in the maternity ward of Windhoek Central Hospital. Filling the lime green halls were students, nurses, midwives, doctors, clients in motion, and the groans of a mother in labor.I was there as part of my UNC-IntraHealth summer fellowship to support the Nursing Now Namibia Campaign, building a tool to help identify gaps in compliance to hospital standards on the maternity floor and provide recommendations for areas of improvement. I had the opportunity to visit three hospitals and interview nine nurses.It is very tr...
Source: IntraHealth International - December 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: mnathe Tags: Mental Health Nursing & Midwifery Nurses Source Type: news
Young Advocates, Political Will Drive Progress on Family Planning in Francophone West Africa
December 05, 2019Countries throughout francophone West Africa are celebrating progress in family planning this week at the Ouagadougou Partnership (OP)annual meeting in Cotonou, Benin, where the theme isWe Demand More: Youth and Social Behavior Change.In 2015, the nine OP countries—Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Togo—exceeded their initial goal of reaching one million additional individuals with modern contraception and then committed to reaching 2.2 million additional users by the end of 2020. So far, OP leaders announced Tuesday, the countrie...
Source: IntraHealth International - December 5, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: mnathe Tags: Benin Burkina Faso C ôte d’Ivoire Guinea Mali Mauritania Niger Senegal Togo Ouagadougou Partnership Coordination Unit Family Planning & Reproductive Health Community Engagement Leadership and Governance Policy Advocacy Source Type: news
