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New Grant Will Allow Greater U.S. Investment in the Developing World’s Frontline Health Workers
The Frontline Health Workers Coalition has received a $750,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, awarded to coalition member IntraHealth International, to support the group’s mission to urge greater and more strategic U.S. investment in frontline health workers in developing countries. Building this workforce is the most cost-effective way to save lives and foster a healthier, safer, more prosperous world, the coalition says.
New Grant Will Allow Greater U.S. Investment in the Developing World’s Frontline Health Workers
October 24, 2012, Washington, DC—The Frontline Health Workers Coalition has received a $750,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, awarded to coalition member IntraHealth International, to support the group’s mission to urge greater and more strategic U.S. investment in frontline health workers in developing countries. Building this workforce is the most cost-effective way to save lives and foster a healthier, safer, more prosperous world, the coalition says.
iHRIS Retain: A New Tool Estimates the Cost of Making Rural Practice More Attractive to Health Workers
IntraHealth International announces the release of iHRIS Retain, a freely available and open source software tool that estimates the costs of plans to attract health workers to serve in a rural region—and to keep them there. The tool allows health sector officials to easily compare the costs of various combinations of retention strategies over time.