Recently, Rwanda reached another health care milestone in officially adopting a national palliative care policy. The IntraHealth-led HIV/AIDS Clinical Services Program (HCSP), with technical assistance from partner Mildmay International, supported the policy’s development and adoption.

The French-language news organization SudOnLine reported on a recent a community ceremony to declare the abandonment of the practice of excision. IntraHealth is working in partnership with the Siggil Jigeen Network, Senegal's Ministry of Health, and USAID to pilot this initiative in Senegal. 

IntraHealth’s global project, CapacityPlus, recently launched a knowledge exchange partnership with the Global Health Workforce Alliance.

The French-language paper L'Office recently covered some of the IntraHealth-led Adolescent Reproductive Health Project's work  to reduce drop-outs due to unplanned pregnancies and to reduce gender-based violence in school and in the community.

The French-language paper La Sénégalese recently reported on a march scheduled for Saturday, April 9, in Kolda against female genital cutting and early marriage.  400 women are expected to participate in this march, which is being organized by IntraHealth International, in partnership with the Siggil Jigeen Network, a local Senegalese consortium of women’s groups.  

On Saturday, Pape Gaye, IntraHealth president and CEO, spoke at the fourth annual meeting of Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) held at the University of California, San Diego as a part of the panel discussion and working session, Scaling Up, Saving Lives: Confronting the Health Workforce Crisis. Other panelists and presenters included:

The IntraHealth-led Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health/Family Planning/Malaria project has been supporting workshops to engage Senegalese religious leaders in supporting family planning. USAID's "Telling Our Story" series recently highlighted this work. USAID also provided a French version of this material.