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By: Susan O'Halloran MPH, Frontline Health Workers Coalition Forming a successful partnership takes commitment, work and significant thought. Partnerships can help provide more visibility to an issue using the various partner networks, bring the creative thinking of more people to the table on an...

By: Nora O'Connell, Save the Children The world has achieved unprecedented successes in global health in recent decades. In just over 20 years, child deaths have dropped by nearly 40 percent. The number of women dying due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth has decreased by 34 percent...

By Laura Hoemeke, IntraHealth During last year’s International Conference on Family Planning, IntraHealth promoted health worker empowerment with the slogan “Family Planning: It Takes a Health Worker.” We had the phrase printed on posters and buttons, proudly displayed at our booth and on our lapels...

By: Laura Hoemeke, IntraHealth Credit: IntraHealth International The Frontline Health Workers Coalition held a technical meeting with representatives of the US Government on June 26, The US Government and the Health Workforce Crisis: A Dialogue on Strategy and Approach. The meeting brought together...

By: Oying Rimon, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Credit: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Around the world, frontline health workers are often the first link to lifesaving care and supplies, and in some cases they are the only link for families and communities in rural and impoverished areas...

By James BonTempo and Julia Bluestone, Jhpiego It starts with a simple question: can information and communication technology be harnessed to improve and address gaps in frontline health worker training? The overwhelming answer, yes! Dalberg Global Development Advisors, on behalf of the iheed...

By Tana Wuliji, University Research Co., LLC Community health workers—known by myriad titles, from health extension workers to village volunteers—form a critical part of the frontline health workforce in many low- and middle-income countries. So what kind of community and health system support...

By Sharon Rainey, African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) “When we went to Africa, it changed us completely – there is no way the Senator could ever vote for cuts to foreign aid now.” This comment from an enthusiastic young congressional staffer at the Frontline Health Worker Coalition’s...

By Tara Fisher, Save the Children What is a call to action? These days, that phrase seems to be used just as much by people on the street as it used to be by politicos, activists and advertisers. Every day, people are encouraged to write, share, call, or donate. So has it lost its meaning? USAID...

By AMREF staff in Ethiopia Almaz Dalsha bends low to enter the dark, quiet hut in the village of Doiso in South Omo’s Malle District. She makes out the dark form of a woman draped in a blanket, huddled on a stool at the far end of the hut. Malo Woshto watches in silence as her visitor approaches. A...