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Blog: IntraHealth International

These Nurses Are Shining a Light on the Gender Barriers They Face at Work
Samantha Rick

The obstacles that keep many nurses out of leadership roles are systemic, structural, and age-old.

Women, Nurses, IntraHealth International
From Malaria Prevention to Postpartum Family Planning, Midwives Are Changing the Story for Women in Rural Senegal
Margarite NatheIntraHealth International Editorial Team

For our World Health Worker Week blog series, we are featuring a number of posts that focus on different cadres of health workers, within health workforce teams. This great piece from IntraHealth International focuses on a midwife named Fatou in Senegal.

Africa, maternal and child health, IntraHealth International, women
Health Worker Advocates: Who Are You Here for in 2019?
Allison Foster

I'm here for Elie, a nurse in the north Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Africa, Ebola, IntraHealth International
Safety for Frontline Health Workers Paramount to Ebola Response and Global Health Security
Vince BlaserCarol Bales

The threat in DRC may no longer be containable and could become endemic.

Africa, Infectious diseases, Ebola, IntraHealth International
Karamoja’s Mothers and Children Reap the Benefits of Health Systems Investments

By Lindsey Freeze, IntraHealth International

This post originally appeared on Vital , IntraHealth International's blog.

Veronica Munges, 19, holds her newborn hours after his birth at Nadunget Health Center III in Moroto, Uganda. Photos by Tommy...
IntraHealth International, maternal and child health, Africa
Why Investments in Frontline Health Workers Matter - Preventing needless deaths through trusted healthcare relationships

By Samalie Kitooleko, Nurse In-Charge of Uganda Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry and Belinda Ngongo, Global Health Leaders Fellow, Public Health Institute

This blog was originally posted at the Global Health Council blog .

It all started when I nursed a young...

IntraHealth International, Medtronic Foundation, Non-communicable diseases, Africa
Nurses and Stories Are a Powerful Combination

By Cecilia Amaral, IntraHealth International and Frontline Health Workers Coalition

This blog was originally posted on Vital , the IntraHealth International blog.

Samalie Kitooleko wants you to know that nurses are independent professionals who...

IntraHealth International, Non-communicable diseases, Africa, women
Through the Pharmacy Window

by Margarite Nathe, IntraHealth International

"When I was in grade 8, I was into two things: fashion and medicine,” says Elina Nantinda, a 25-year-old pharmacy assistant in rural Namibia. “So I decided to study hard. I thought, ‘It would be so nice to work with...

Africa, HIV/AIDS, IntraHealth International
The Power of Storytelling: Unlocking Energy for Change

By Michelle Korte, IntraHealth International and Frontline Health Workers Coalition

Albert Medina, a paramedic with the Chicago Fire Department, tells the story of his inspiration to train his community on CPR. Photo by Michelle Korte for the FHWC.

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IntraHealth International
The Female-Dominated Health Sector Needs More Women

By Corinne Mahoney, IntraHealth International

A lot has changed in health care since Peter Abwao grew up in a rural village in Kenya. Back then you couldn’t use a cell phone to beckon a health worker in the middle of the night. There was no website a parent could consult about a child’s...

IntraHealth International, Africa, women