As of last week, 2,105 boys and men were circumcised during the first nine days of a three-week male circumcision campaign in Tanzania’s Shinyanga region. Male circumcision services, which are part of an IntraHealth International-led HIV prevention effort, started in late November 2010 and have now reached 2,795 boys and men out of the 25,000 the project aims to reach by September 2011.

Last month, at the 3^rd International Conference for the Society of Obstetric Fistula Surgeons in Dakar, Senegal, 300 participants from more than 30 countries outlined some concrete ways to prevent and treat obstetric fistula and assist women who have a fistula regain their health and rebuild their lives. The recommendations included:

Today at the Second Global Forum on Human Resources for Health in Bangkok, Thailand, IntraHealth International president and CEO Pape Gaye gave closing remarks at a special event launching a new report, “Will we achieve universal access to HIV/AIDS services with the health workforce we have?” The report, published by the Global Health Workforce Alliance, examines the health workforce implications of trying to reac

Earlier this week, the North Carolina Medical Journal published an article, “Linking Challenges, Sharing Solutions: The Global Crisis in Human Resources for Health,” which suggests that strategies for remedying the global health workforce crisis could also be useful in North Carolina. Barbara Stilwell, director of technical leadership, and David Nelson, assistant director of strategic communications co-authored the article.

As part of the IntraHealth-led global project CapacityPlus’s innovative workforce development strategy, the project has created a Global Advisory Board on Strengthening Medical, Nursing, and Public Health Schools in Developing Countries. The board will help to address management issues in health professional schools.

The French language newspaper Wal Fadjri recently covered IntraHealth's work in Implication du secteur privé dans la planification familiale : Les ICS s’investissent auprès d’IntraHealth Sénégal  (Including the private sector in family planning: The ICS supports IntraHealth’s activities in Senegal).

The Rwandan New Times recently covered IntraHealth's work in improving HIV clinical services, through IntraHealth's HIV/AIDS Clinical Services Program (HCSP).

The Rwanda New Times recently covered the HIV/AIDS youth awareness campaign, sponsored by IntraHealth's HIV/AIDS Clinical Services Program (HCSP).