News & Updates

IntraHealth invests in iHRIS and a full spectrum of digital solutions to support universal health access. Learn more about our progress through our news and updates.

How the Digital Marketplace Is Changing the Way We Eat

Ed. note: Here at IntraHealth, we've got our eyes on the future of global health, especially what challenges lie ahead for health workers around the world. Global nutrition could reshape human health and the way health workers serve their clients in the decade to come. It’s the new year and you know what that means…New Year’s resolutions! If you’ve ever uttered the words “New year, new me,” you are far from alone. In 2019, approximately 60...

Kenya Now Uses iHRIS Software to Manage PEPFAR Health Workforce

The government of Kenya is now using IntraHealth’s iHRIS software to manage 25,000 health workers contracted through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). IntraHealth already supports national and county governments in managing Kenya’s 67,000 public sector health workers using iHRIS through the USAID-funded Human Resources for Health Kenya Mechanism. But now that use is expanding. HIV testing, care, and treatment in Kenya is...

iHRIS 5.0 Offers New Reporting Features and More for Health Worker Data

IntraHealth International has rebuilt its flagship iHRIS software in a global effort to make the program simpler, more adaptable, and easier to manage and customize for countries that want to use it to manage their health worker data. The new version features an improved search function, responsive graph capabilities, and a professionally-designed interface that is easy to read on a phone, tablet, or computer. IntraHealth’s digital health team...

New Insights from Old Numbers: Artificial Intelligence Makes Sense of Health Ministry Data

Ministries of health have more data than ever before—and the amount of data is increasing at an exponential rate. But what good is all that information if it’s unwieldy or difficult to use? Over the course of nine weeks, IntraHealth International’s digital health team and staff from our Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in Eastern Uganda (RHITES-E) project modeled a machine-learning approach to glean insights from the flood of...

IntraHealth Improves Health Care in 43 Countries, Reaches 341,445 Health Workers in 2018

In a step toward making high-quality health care available to more people around the world, IntraHealth International reached 341,445 health workers in 43 countries in 2018. These health workers are now making services available to more people in some of the most remote areas, destigmatizing procedures and services, and compiling meaningful and lifesaving data that allow for greater adaptability and long-term solutions. See more results in our...

Seven Creative Approaches to Health Workforce Challenges

Over the course of our 40-year history, IntraHealth International has consistently designed creative solutions to health workforce challenges. From new technologies to old-fashioned human storytelling, we find new solutions to longstanding problems. In a new technical publication, we highlight seven examples of how and why we look for new ways to get results. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s inside The Future of Global Health Starts Here: 7 Creative...

Understanding Cybersecurity for Health Care Professionals

We live in exciting times. The ways in which we store and engage with health data have been transformed with the creation and adoption of digital health technology. Whether it’s using a Fitbit, accessing your vaccine records online, or virtually connecting with your doctor, understanding your health status in real time has never been easier…for some of us. We at DAI Global Health are working tirelessly to increase access to health care in low-...

Partner Locally or Fail Repeatedly

The technical nature of international development work means that to get ahead, there is a pressure to specialize. Many staff become experts within silos without always enjoying the benefits of trying something new through immersion in other spheres of development work. That can particularly true within the emerging field of public-sector technology innovation. Familiarity with the methods of dot.coms is important, but are there blind spots for...

How National Health Workforce Accounts Can Help Governments Achieve Universal Health Coverage

National governments that want to achieve the health-related targets of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or universal health coverage (UHC) need a health workforce with the right size and skill mix to meet their populations’ health needs. But you can’t have a skilled health workforce without teachers and trainers who can prepare health workers for their specific roles in the health care system. Yet countries globally face...

We Need More Evaluation Criteria for Using Artificial Intelligence in Global Health

This year’s technology buzzword is artificial intelligence (AI), which means you’ve already been asked how your organization can incorporate AI and machine learning in your health programming. You may already be using aspects of AI to augment and enhance, not replace, activities such as running natural language chatbots and utilizing pattern recognition satellite imagery . Yet, as AI is such a new technology, there are few, if any, resources...