CHAPEL HILL, NC, July 20, 2015—IntraHealth International welcomes two new members to its board of directors: Carlos Correcha-Price and Beverly Rubin, JD.

IntraHealth International welcomes two new members to its board of directors: Carlos Correcha-Price and Beverly Rubin, JD. 

President and CEO of IntraHealth International, Pape Gaye, and Roy Jacobstein, senior medical advisor at IntraHealth International, discuss 5 big questions surrounding the future of family planning and global health.

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After the smallpox vaccine and the green revolution, modern contraceptives are one of global development’s biggest game-changers.

Mobile technologies are now available to 95.5% of the world’s population, according to the new mHealth Compendium Volume 5, released this month by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the African Strategies for Health project.

The State of the Social Service Workforce 2015 Report, released last week by the Global Social Service Workforce Alliance, demonstrates how gaps in workforce support and funding negatively affect the quality and effectiveness of social services, leading to missed opportunities for improving the wellbeing of the world’s most vulnerable populations.

Last week at the 68th World Health Assembly, IntraHealth International advocated for increased attention to and investment in global health workforce issues, underlining the importance of a global, multisectoral approach to addressing human resources for health. IntraHealth commends the plan of the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop a global strategy on human resources for health to be presented at the 69th World Health Assembly in May 2016.