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Heading to #GHPC24 next week? Don't miss our Janet Muriuki moderating this session! "Drought, Disaster, and Hope: Addressing the Impacts of #ClimateChange on East Africa’s Pastoralist Communities" will feature experts Betty Adera (MPH, PMD, PgMD) of Global Communities & Abdiah Lalaikipian of PACIDA as they explore the devastating impacts of East Africa's historic drought on pastoralist communities and discover innovative, community-led solutions like AfriScout that are saving lives & livestock. They will also discuss how the "One Health" approach is addressing health systems, food security, and sexual and reproductive health in an increasingly unpredictable climate. Make sure to register: https://lnkd.in/eJWzjTSQ Learn more about IntraHealth's participation in the conference here: https://lnkd.in/eHVE_WH9 And read a new VITAL post by Janet Muriuki and Peter Shikuku here: https://lnkd.in/enTtAYXU #HealthForAll #CommunityHealth

Inspiring update below from Cheick Touré, who's facilitating a key meeting on #integration in Togo today. "The integration of postpartum family planning services with #RMNCAH-Nutrition services in several countries in Francophone West Africa has clearly demonstrated that this intervention drastically reduces missed opportunities and nearly doubles the uptake of FP and significantly increases the use of other MNCH services."

Is Kenya ready for advanced practice nurses (APNs)? Read what two of our experts have to say—then talk to them in person at #CHPC24 in Nairobi next week! https://lnkd.in/enTtAYXU Janet Muriuki and Peter Shikuku say APNs can play a crucial role in delivering primary health care and providing specialized care. In their new VITAL post, they share recs for how Kenya can unlock the potential of APNs to enhance health outcomes. Get the scoop on a new APN readiness study and preliminary findings. Look out for a full report soon! This work is being led by our Global Health Workforce Programme project in Kenya awarded by the Global Health Workforce Programme project awarded by the Tropical Health and Education Fund and funded by the @UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).

Excited to contribute to the CORE Group Global Health Practitioners Conference in Nairobi next week! #GHPC24 focuses on equitable solutions for communities' pressing health needs due to #ClimateChange. Who else is joining? Meet us here: https://lnkd.in/eHVE_WH9 Make sure to visit IntraHealth and Global Communities at our Expo Table (Jambo Hall Foyer) and our sessions! Our joint delegation will share how we're integrating our combined global health expertise across the humanitarian and sustainable development sectors, improving health workforce performance, and strengthening health systems. Our participants: ⭐ Betty Adera (MPH, PMD, PgMD), Senior Technical Advisor for HIV & Health, Global Communities ⭐Janet Muriuki, Senior Director of Health Workforce Development, IntraHealth ⭐Peter Shikuku, Global Health Workforce Program Technical Manager, IntraHealth International ⭐Linah Vihenda, Global Health Workforce Program Technical Manager 📌 Register today: https://lnkd.in/eJWzjTSQ #HealthForAll #CommunityHealth #HealthWorkersSaveLives

Check out our Cheick Touré in action below, cofacilitating an "Integration Community of Practice" meeting in Togo to scale up postpartum family planning, MNCH, & nutrition services in francophone West Africa. Postpartum family planning = one of the greatest opportunities to increase modern contraceptive use and reduce unintended pregnancies and pregnancies too closely spaced, which are associated with increased mom and baby morbidity and mortality. In Francophone West Africa, maternal and infant mortality rates are some of the highest in the world. Child malnutrition and stunting rates are very high too. *Only 43% of women here have their family planning needs met, and half of these women in need are postpartum.* IntraHealth's INSPiRE project, funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established the regional CoP to provide technical assistance, advocacy, coordination, and resource mobilization to countries, and promoted the development and implementation of national scale-up plans. This 5th regional advocacy meeting happening now is taking stock of commitments and progress on implementing those scale-up plans, sharing the experiences and lessons learned with other French-speaking countries, and further mobilizing #RMNCAH-N stakeholders and donors by promoting synergies in the countries. Best of luck this week to Cheick and our entire INSPiRE team, and our partners Helen Keller Intl, PATH, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (Burkina Faso), Boabab Institute. Read more about INSPiRE here: https://lnkd.in/enwubiHc Marguerite NDOUR Katy Mimno IntraHealth Mali #Integration #PPFP #Family Planning

Going to the North Carolina Global Health Alliance Annual Conference tomorrow? Join this afternoon breakout session and meet Karah Pedersen, our Deputy Director of Business Development! New Models of Leadership for Tomorrow’s Global Health 2:30pm - 3:30pm Room 1C This "knowledge cafe" will be guided by three leaders who have big visions for tomorrow's leadership: 💡 Karah Pedersen, Deputy Director, Business Development at IntraHealth International 💡 Katherine L. Turner, Founder & President of Global Citizen, LLC 💡Dr. LaHoma Smith Romocki Romocki, Department Chair of Public Health Education at North Carolina Central University Karah will lead a roundtable discussion on adapting program leadership models to support locally led development, particularly in program design. Make sure to also stop by our table in the Exhibit Hall and meet part of our communications team in North Carolina. #ncgha #ncglobalhealth #ncglobalhealthconference #globalhealthconference #globalhealthleadership

Thrilled to announce our partnership with the West African Health Organization (WAHO) to strengthen the rural health workforce in #WestAfrica and reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and nutrition health services! https://lnkd.in/eAUmxrEe We'll provide technical assistance for WAHO's health workforce interventions under The World Bank’s SWEDD project. To start, we'll develop a regional policy to strengthen the rural pipeline of health workers who can provide high-quality #RMNCNH health services, and we'll conduct an analysis of #nursing and #midwifery schools in #Benin, #BurkinaFaso, #Chad, #Gambia, and #Mauritania. “Here in West Africa, we still have some of the highest rates of maternal and child deaths in the world, and some of the lowest rates of family planning uptake,” says Cheick Touré, IntraHealth’s West Africa Regional Director based in #Mali. “We don’t have enough health workers to provide equitable access to RMNCNH services, especially in rural and remote areas. All countries in the region have shortages of nurses, midwives, and other professions, and are on the World Health Organization's Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List.” WAHO is protecting the health of people in the sub-region through initiation and harmonization of policies, pooling of resources, and cooperation of Member States. IntraHealth has worked in over 100 countries to develop and strengthen their health workforces to meet community health needs. Together, we can transform challenges into opportunities and ensure every community has access to quality health services! Here’s to a healthier West Africa! #Healthcare #HealthWorkforce #IntraHealth #WAHO #GlobalHealth #ReproductiveHealth #SWEDD #RMNCNH

It's #WorldFoodDay. Learn how Global Communities is expanding access to safe, nutritious food, including through a partnership with USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to provide school meals to 295,777 school children. Check out the post below!

🌍✨We’re gearing up for the North Carolina Global Health Alliance Annual Conference next week! If you’re in the area, swing by our table—we’d love to meet you! Join us as we discuss how to adapt our global health insights for North Carolina and explore local solutions that can make a global impact. Learn more about our participation here: https://lnkd.in/ecvtiryh See speakers, topics, and more here: https://lnkd.in/eQjYMgU4 #GlobalHealth #GlobaltoLocal #NorthCarolina #ncgha #ncglobalhealth #globalhealthconference

Picture It: *Skills Labs in West Africa Set to Transform Health Worker Training* In West Africa, the training of nurses & midwives faces numerous challenges. The lack of educational materials is one of the most pressing. Students often struggle to acquire essential practical skills before they work with real patients. See how new skills labs provided by the Classroom to Care (C2C) project, funded by Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, provide a hands-on learning environment where students can develop and refine their clinical skills. https://lnkd.in/gMhEFpbr Statistics underscore the urgent need to improve training & infrastructure for nurses & midwives. In Mali, for example, the neonatal mortality rate is 334 per 10,000 live births, partly due to inadequate training and a lack of health professionals in rural areas. The skills labs make it possible for teachers at health training schools to simulate a variety of clinical situations, from childbirth to neonatal emergencies. So far, C2C has set up skills labs in 9 schools across Mali, Niger, and Senegal, laying the foundation for a workforce that is more resilient and ready to meet maternal and newborn health challenges. Photo 1: Minty Keita, a nurse and instructor at Vicenta Maria, demonstrates clinical nursing care using the Suzie Simone simulator. Photo 2: Marguerite Diarra, midwife and teacher at Vicenta Maria School in Ségou, Mali, unpacks equipment for the school's new competency lab. Photo 3: During the donation ceremony at Vicenta Maria School, a teacher demonstrates how to use the new equipment. Photo 3 & 4: Students at the School for Health Agents (EFAS) in Dosso, Niger use the new equipment to develop and refine their clinical skills before caring for real patients. Many thanks to Amadou Iam Diallo, our communications star based in Mali, for these inspiring photos! Cheick Touré Dr Jeanne TESSOUGUE #Midwives #Nurses #Mali #Niger #HealthWorkforceDevelopment #FrancophoneWestAfrica #MomAndBaby #MNCH