IntraHealth International

IntraHealth International is a non-profit organization based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A. dedicated to working with developing countries to improve their public health capabilities. Originally established as a program of the medical school of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1979, IntraHealth became an independent non-governmental organization in 2003. The organization has worked in more than 50 countries, and is currently active in 28.

IntraHealth focuses on:
* Developing sustainable human resources for health
* Strengthening and supporting primary health care providers
* Preventing and treating HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
* Improving maternal, neonatal and children’s health
* Increasing access to family planning

IntraHealth is working to increase community health services in Rwanda, with a $34 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development. [ [http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2005/01/21/City/City-Briefs-1362609.shtml The Daily Tarheel, January 21, 2005. Local international group receives program funding] ]

IntraHealth International should not be confused with [http://www.intrahealth.com Intrahealth Systems Ltd] , a developer of software for medical practices and governmental health authorities.

References

* [http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/home/News/women/hs_yumkella.html USAID - Women Making a Difference. Fatu Yumkella: A Woman Making a Difference in Sub-Saharan Africa]
* [http://allafrica.com/stories/200706040615.html The New Times (Kigali). 2 June 2007. Rwanda: Twubakane Promotes Health Care Services. By Joseph Kamugisha in Kigali.] Discusses the Twubakane Decentralization and Health Project in Rwanda operated by IntraHealth.
* [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-23836796_ITM Accra Mail, 14 July 2003, via Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. Intra-Health International Launched in Ghana.]

External links

* [http://www.intrahealth.org Official web site]