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January 28, 2015, Chapel Hill, NC—IntraHealth International announced today the acquisition of Switchboard, an award-winning California-based nonprofit organization.
IntraHealth International announced today the acquisition of Switchboard, an award-winning California-based nonprofit organization.
During a special Ebola-related session of the World Health Organization (WHO) executive board yesterday in Geneva, Switzerland, IntraHealth International urged the WHO to take both immediate and long-term, sustainable action in response to the ongoing Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
A new loan mechanism provides affordable loans to health professional students in Kenya who need financial assistance to continue their education.
Recent American University graduate Scott Weathers works as a Global Health Corps program associate. In his Medium post, he talks about how individuals can impact global health.
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The Dominican Republic is reinvesting $6.2 million into its health sector, thanks to a Ministry of Health payroll analysis that revealed 10,000 ghost workers, or individuals who receive salaries but no longer work for the ministry.
This month, Liberia’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare initiated real-time communication with health workers for the first time using mHero—a free SMS mobile phone-based system developed by IntraHealth International and UNICEF to help countries combat the Ebola outbreak, improve health sector communications, and ultimately strengthen the health system.
On January 2, 2015, IntraHealth International will launch a new 12-month project to help reduce stockouts in rural Kenya and improve availability of reproductive health commodities, including contraceptives, medicines to treat HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections, and equipment to help women deliver babies safely.