No More Business as Usual: Strengthening Health Sector Human Resources Management
On August 18, I saw these words in front of me: “The ‘competency of HR workers’ is one of seven ‘major obstacles to building a first-class federal workforce’. [. . .] It's not that the human relations professionals are incompetent. They don't have the training or the technology needed to keep up with a quickly changing workplace.”
Delhi-Bound with the Future of Maternal Health on My Mind
Motherhood can be a wonderful rite of passage that brings so much joy—seeing a baby’s first smile and then step, watching a child grow up.
Kangaroo Mother Care: Saving Babies’ Lives and Health
Every year, more than a million babies die because they were born preterm.
Child Marriage: What You Can Do Today to Prevent It
The issue of child marriage is pervasive throughout the developing world, and it undermines local and national efforts as well as those by the United States (US) Government to improve women's and girls' education, health, and economic and legal status worldwide.
Talking Technology: It Matters to Health Systems
Building better health systems requires offering health workers—and those who support them—access to the latest technology.
In Praise of Simplicity
In a world where some two billion people do not have access to basic health care, simple things can have an enormous impact.
The Evolving Global Health Landscape: GHI Can Spearhead a New Era of Partnership
IntraHealth continues to reflect on the evolving role of international organizations in the rapidly changing global health landscape.
Reporting from Ethiopia: Women Supporting Each Other in Living with HIV
Earlier this week, I wrote about realities of childbirth in rural Ethiopia, of seeing a woman in agonizing labor, a woman suffering from obstetric fistula, and the dream of another young woman, Zanab, of becoming a fistula doctor.
