We count on health workers every day, whether it’s to administer vaccines to our children, guide our families to more healthful habits, or provide us with lifesaving surgeries. That’s why health workers need the best, most up-to-date training … Read More

IntraHealth is committed to promoting gender equality in health sectors around the world, and we make it an integral part of our work. Gender-based disparities and inequalities can undermine the quality of health care for clients and endanger the … Read More

In a childbirth emergency, health workers have the power to save women's and babies' lives. That’s why at IntraHealth we do everything we can to make sure health workers in communities everywhere are on the job and prepared for those … Read More

Far too many mothers and young children still die from preventable causes throughout West Africa. But family planning is a fantastic launching pad for improving the health of mothers and babies. Not only does it drastically reduce the number of … Read More

The next 15 years are going to make global health history. They may mark the end of the most damaging epidemic in our lifetimes, during which countries around the world have rallied together to face a unifying threat. HIV has killed over 39 … Read More

Kenya’s health professional students often struggle to pay their annual tuition fees—usually about 70,000 Kenyan Shillings, or $767, for public middle-level colleges. Many students simply drop out before earning their diplomas and never enter the … Read More

Voluntary medical male circumcision is a simple procedure—it takes just 15 minutes or so—but it reduces men’s risk of contracting HIV through heterosexual intercourse by up to 60%. In rural Tanzania, IntraHealth works with local health workers to … Read More

In 2010, IntraHealth partnered with the government of India to strengthen health workforce data in the states of Bihar and Jharkhand, piloting a modified version of our iHRIS software in one district in each state. The pilots were so successful … Read More

Since 2007, IntraHealth’s free, open source iHRIS software has helped countries around the world track and manage their health workforce data. iHRIS—pronounced “iris”—helps health sectors replace scattershot, paper-based filing systems with … Read More

Garden City University College in Kumasi, Ghana, is serious about educating and adding health workers to the country’s health workforce. Ghana has fewer than half the minimum number of doctors, nurses, and midwives recommended by the World Health … Read More

Nigeria needs more health workers, but students often can’t afford the tuition it takes to become one. At IntraHealth, we’ve found that lifting the financial burden reduces students’ stress and allows them to concentrate on their studies. That … Read More

When the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Health began reforming its payroll, the IntraHealth-led CapacityPlus project was there to help. The process revealed nearly 10,000 ghost workers—individuals who receive salaries but don’t work—whose salaries … Read More