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Improving Maternal Health in Rwanda by Putting Data into Health Workers’ Hands

... of delivering her baby safely than she did a decade ago. Health workers are playing a big part in this achievement, along with greater ... from another clinic, or from data captured in the community—to make informed decisions about which services to provide. These ...

News - Carol Bales - December 2012 - 0 comments

Are Health Workers Delivering for Women? And Are We Delivering for Health Workers?

... , the largest global meeting of the decade to focus on the health and well-being of girls and women. With just two and a half years left ... I attended the conference to hear what the international community is saying about the roles health workers play in achieving this ...

Blog - Carol Bales - June 2013 - 0 comments

The Winds of Change

... work supporting preservice education for midwifery and community health workers in the country. Just outside of Abuja at the School of ... provided for midwifery and community health extension worker students, Capacity Plus is upgrading the teaching capacity of ...

Blog - Carol Bales - March 2014 - 0 comments

Motivated to Do More

Monica Watuvamu is already serving her community as a nurse and midwife at Kamuli Mission Hospital in Uganda. But she ... staff of the Uganda Capacity Program , the Ministry of Health librarian and systems administrator, and Dr. Eddie Mukooyo to gather ...

Blog - Sarah Dwyer - October 2013 - 0 comments

On the Rocky Road to Universal Health Coverage

This post originally appeared on the Global Health Council blog . If you look at the regions of the world that have ... will see that all of their strategies have included strong community health workforces. That’s because the role of the health worker is ...

Blog - Carol Bales - September 2013 - 0 comments

iHRIS: Tracking over 475,000 Health Workers Worldwide

The world needs approximately 4.3 million additional health workers. Africa alone needs 1.4 million more. Having the right number of ... with only a small amount of remote support. An online community for in-country iHRIS developers and implementers further supports and ...

News - Carol Bales - April 2012 - 0 comments

The Oft-Overlooked Job Description

... IntraHealth International . Job descriptions for health workers—it seems like a simple concept. And in fact, job descriptions can increase a community’s access to high-quality health care in low-resource settings. ...

Blog - Sarah Dwyer - August 2014 - 0 comments

New Publication Spotlight: Applying the HRH Action Framework to Develop Sustainable Excellence in the Health Supply Chain Workforce

... Action Framework to Develop Sustainable Excellence in the Health Supply Chain Workforce It takes a health ... care, supply chain management skills are needed from the community facility level up to the hospital and central medical stores.” ...

News - Sarah Dwyer - December 2013 - 0 comments

Linking Up to Use Health Information for Improving Health Outcomes

... ’s iHRIS Manage software to the country’s secretary of health at a “Connectathon” on April 12. iHRIS Manage is designed ... as OpenMRS , DHIS 2 , iHRIS , and a Community Health Information Tracking System developed by the University—can ...

News - Sarah Dwyer - August 2011 - 0 comments

Thoughts on Motivating Health Workers

... International blog . At the recent Global Health Council Conference, I had the great pleasure of moderating an ... / Capacity Plus -sponsored event on health worker motivation featuring two extraordinary people: Daniel Pink, the author ... the provider and the patient, the family, and the community. These powerful bonds make for better health care and more motivated ...

Blog - Sarah Dwyer - June 2013 - 0 comments