4 Ways to Keep Health Workers Safe
This article was originally published on Devex.com on September 21, 2021 as part of the Building Back Health series on how we can build back health systems that are more effective, equitable, and preventive. You can read the original posthere. (Source: IntraHealth International)
Source: IntraHealth International - September 23, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: COVID-19 UN General Assembly Health Workers Source Type: news
Protect Health Workers Now: Statement from IntraHealth International on the White House COVID Summit
September 22, 2021In a video submitted today to the White House COVID Summit as part of theUnited Nations General Assembly, IntraHealth International president and CEOPolly Dunford advised US leaders to take action to protect health workers from the pandemic and equip them to achieve our global vaccination goals.“I urge all leaders attending today to build on the targets presented by the US,” Dunford said.“Because vaccines don ' t administer themselves—health workers do. We must ensure there are enough paid, trained, supervised health workers to end COVID-19, maintain essential health services, and ...
Source: IntraHealth International - September 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: mnathe Source Type: news
New Program to Train More Student Nurses in Francophone West Africa, Bring Care to More Communities
September 22, 2021
Chapel Hill, NCThrough the new Improving Maternal and Child Health Care in Rural West Africa Through High-Quality Education for Nurses and Midwives project,IntraHealth Internationalis partnering withTakeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and 12 private schools in Mali, Senegal, and Niger to sustainably increase the number of qualified, well-trained nurses who can serve rural communities in these countries—all of which face a critical shortage of health workers. Takeda announced this week that IntraHealth is one of the recipients of their 2021Global CSR Program, which will fund this work.IntraHealt...
Source: IntraHealth International - September 16, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Mali Niger Senegal Education & Performance Health Workers Source Type: news
Online Harassment of Women Journalists Must End
This study found that: As a result of online violence, 30% of respondents reported self-censoring themselves online and 26% reported wanting to quit social media and journalism altogether.Online violence that targets women has significant physical and psychological impacts. Astudy by Amnesty International found that across all countries surveyed, 55% of women who were targets of online violence experienced anxiety, panic attacks, or stress. This study also found that online misogyny contributed to difficulty sleeping ...
Source: IntraHealth International - August 6, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Source Type: news
Senate Bill a Big Win for Health Workers around the Globe
By David Bryden,
Director of the Frontline Health Workers Coalition and senior policy and advocacy advisor at IntraHealth International
Photo of health workers in Mali by Nana Kofi Acquah for IntraHealth International. IntraHealth leads the secretariat for the Frontline Health Workers Coalition.August 05, 2021Even as the world is struggling to address COVID-19, we must plan and prepare for future pandemics. In fact, a recent estimate shows that the probability of a future zoonotic spillover event resulting in a pandemic of COVID-19 magnitude or larger is high: a 22-28% chance within the next ten years. ...
Source: IntraHealth International - August 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Policy & Advocacy Global health security Health Workforce Systems Source Type: news
What Does It Take to Keep HIV Services Available in Tanzania during COVID-19?
By Lucy Mphuru,
Country director and project director, Tohara Plus ; Katherine Seaton,
Communications writer/editor, IntraHealth International
A health worker waits for clients in a mobile clinic van in Tanzania. Photo by Rasheed Hamis/DDC International for IntraHealth International.July 26, 2021Lucy Mphuru and her team have been providing HIV services tohundreds of thousands of clients in Tanzania for 14 years. But when COVID-19 hit the country in 2020, the pandemic threatened to halt these services.So Lucy and her team pivoted quickly.They developed their own creative new approaches to make sure their clients cou...
Source: IntraHealth International - July 26, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: HIV & AIDS COVID-19 Community Engagement Digital Health Source Type: news
Quality Improvement: The Quiet Hero of Global Health Programs
By Sujata Bijou,
Senior Measurement and Learning Technical AdvisorJuly 08, 2021In my past life, I was a chemical engineer. More specifically, I was a process engineer for Head & Shoulders shampoo. While my colleagues were working on other process aspects of manufacturing efficiency (faster, cheaper, less waste, etc.) I was finding ways to improve the manufacturing process to make the shampoo more effective at fighting dandruff. In our case, we wanted to fight dandruff without creating any other neg...
Source: IntraHealth International - July 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Measurement & Analytics Source Type: news
New Regional Advisors Will Guide Frontline Health Workers Coalition ’s Policy and Advocacy Work
July 02, 2021This week the Frontline Health Workers Coalition welcomed four new regional advisors from low- and middle-income countries to its steering committee, where they will help guide the coalition’s health workforce policy and advocacy work over the next year. IntraHealth International serves as the secretariat for the coalition.“We are working to address longstandingpower imbalances in the global health arena, and reflecting on ways to more comprehensively address health workforce needs,” says David Bryden, director of the Coalition.“We do not simply want to speak on behalf of health workers...
Source: IntraHealth International - July 2, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Health Workers Source Type: news
Yidnekachew Tessema Joins IntraHealth ’s Executive Team as New Vice President, Human Resources
June 23, 2021IntraHealth International is happy to welcome Yidnekachew Tessema as our new vice president for human resources. Tessema began in this new role on June 16, 2021.As a member of the executive team, Tessema will lead, develop, and execute IntraHealth ' s global human resources (HR) strategy in support of the overall business plan and strategic direction of the organization. He will oversee HR operations, talent acquisition and management, and IntraHealth’s total rewards program, as well as work with the executive team and board of directors on HR plans and organizational needs. “I’m so happ...
Source: IntraHealth International - June 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Source Type: news
Health Workers Need to Be at the Center of Our Global Vaccine Rollout
By Polly Dunford,
President and Chief Executive Officer, IntraHealth InternationalJune 16, 2021The long-awaited plan from the US for sharing COVID-19 vaccines with countries that need them is an important step forward—both in US leadership and in our global response to COVID-19. I hope it inspires other countries to share more doses faster. As the Group of 7 (G7) meeting unfolded in Cornwall, UK, last week, I was eager for these world leaders to take the plan even further, producing a roadmap for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout—our ...
Source: IntraHealth International - June 16, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: COVID-19 Health workforce development 2021 Year of the Health and Care Worker Health Workers Source Type: news
Francophone West Africa Adds 3.8 Million Family Planning Users
June 09, 2021IntraHealth International’s Civil Society for Family Planning (CS4FP) project partnered with nine countries in francophone West Africa to add 3.8 million additional family planning users and doubled the number of women using modern contraceptives in the region.For the past ten years, CS4FP has been working with strong, high-functioning civil society coalitions, young people, and religious and traditional leaders in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d ' Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Togo (Ouagadougou Partnership countries) to collaborate with and advocate to governments to implement ...
Source: IntraHealth International - June 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Benin Burkina Faso C ôte d’Ivoire Guinea Mali Mauritania Niger Senegal Togo Civil Society for Family Planning & Reproductive Health Community Engagement Youth Source Type: news
Francophone West Africa Adds 3.8 Million New Family Planning Users
June 09, 2021IntraHealth International’sCivil Society for Family Planning (CS4FP) project partnered with nine countries in francophone West Africa to add 3.8 million additional family planning users and doubled the number of women using modern contraceptives in the region.For the past ten years, CS4FP has been working with strong, high-functioning civil society coalitions, young people, and religious and traditional leaders in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d ' Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Togo (Ouagadougou Partnership countries) to collaborate with and advocate to governments to implement t...
Source: IntraHealth International - June 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Benin Burkina Faso C ôte d’Ivoire Guinea Mali Mauritania Niger Senegal Togo Civil Society for Family Planning & Reproductive Health Community Engagement Youth Source Type: news
Joe Walsh, Amjad Ali Khan to Donate Proceeds of New EP Prayers to IntraHealth to Benefit Frontline Health Workers
June 03, 2021All proceeds from the newly released three-song EP titledPrayers will be donated to IntraHealth International to benefit frontline health workers during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.Prayers is a collaboration between multiple GRAMMY-award-winning singer, songwriter, and producerJoe Walsh and preeminent classical Sarod virtuoso and composerAmjad Ali Khan.Walsh and Khan worked on these tracks during the COVID-19 lockdown last year.“The more time I spent with this music the clearer it became that these tracks had healing properties and needed to be shared as a gift,” says Walsh, a member of the Ea...
Source: IntraHealth International - June 3, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Health Workers Source Type: news
No Respite: Annual Report Documents Violence Against Health Care in Conflict
This report is a clear indictment that the global effort to protect our health care workers on the front lines of care in conflict zones is falling far short, " International Council of Nurses CEO Howard Catton says. " The violation of health worker rights is both a health and humanitarian crisis. Our nurses, whether in conflict areas or on the global COVID-19 frontline are particularly at risk of violence. International humanitarian law must not only be respected but applied on the ground to protect nurses and other health workers at the heart of our health systems. The World Health Organization has design...
Source: IntraHealth International - June 2, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition Health Workers Source Type: news
No Respite: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict
This report is a clear indictment that the global effort to protect our healthcare workers on the front lines of care in conflict zones is falling far short, " International Council of Nurses CEO Howard Catton says. " The violation of health worker rights is both a health and humanitarian crisis. Our nurses, whether in conflict areas or on the global COVID-19 frontline are particularly at risk of violence. International humanitarian law must not only be respected but applied on the ground to protect nurses and other health workers at the heart of our health systems. The World Health Organization has designa...
Source: IntraHealth International - June 2, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition Health Workers Source Type: news
