February 3, 2010, Chapel Hill, NC—IntraHealth International is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year with a commemorative campaign designed to spotlight the critical role health workers play in the well-being of communities around the world. Globally, there is a shortfall of four million health workers needed to increase access to vital services.

What can Africa do with faster broadband?

Faster broadband for Africa means African ideas and innovations can move faster. It means we can more easily collaborate, educate, train and share. 

JUBA, 29 January 2010 (PlusNews) - The evidence of five years of peace is everywhere in Juba, regional capital of Southern Sudan - in the brisk trade in the city's markets, its packed bars and nightclubs, and in the relaxed gait of the soldiers of the former rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA).

WHO defines six building blocks of a health system: service delivery, health workforce, information, commodities (products, vaccines and technologies), financing and leadership/governance. The health systems approach puts the emphasis not just on the components of the health system, but the relationships within and between the building blocks. Core to health systems strengthening (HSS) is the idea that none of these building blocks can stand alone, all are necessary for better health outcomes.

By working with private health facilities, the five year PC4 Project in Ethiopia contributed to increased access to affordable, high-quality HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) prevention and care services. The goal of the USAID-funded project, which ended in September 2009, was to improve TB detection and treatment in the context of HIV/AIDS, a frequent coinfection.