# IntraHealth International

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{{About|the non-profit organization|the software company|Intrahealth}}
'''IntraHealth International''' is a [non-profit organization](/source/non-profit_organization) based in [Chapel Hill](/source/Chapel_Hill%2C_North_Carolina), [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina), U.S.A. dedicated to working with [developing countries](/source/Developing_country) to improve their [public health](/source/public_health) capabilities. Originally established as a program of the [medical school](/source/medical_school) of the [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill) in 1979, IntraHealth became an independent [non-governmental organization](/source/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](/source/human_resources) for health
* Strengthening and supporting [primary health care](/source/primary_health_care) providers
* Preventing and treating [HIV](/source/HIV)/[AIDS](/source/AIDS), tuberculosis and malaria
* Improving maternal, neonatal and children's health
* Increasing access to [family planning](/source/family_planning)

==International Development==

IntraHealth worked to increase [community health](/source/community_health) services in Rwanda, with a $34 million grant from the [U.S. Agency for International Development](/source/U.S._Agency_for_International_Development).<ref>[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]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Open Source==

Since 2005, IntraHealth has focused some of its efforts on Health-related [Open Source software](/source/Open_Source_software) and uses [Canonical's Launchpad](/source/Launchpad_(website)) to organize their efforts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://launchpad.net/~intrahealth+informatics|title = IntraHealth Informatics in Launchpad}}</ref>

Their primary software product is the iHRIS Suite — an open source solution for tracking and managing health care workers across a country. In February 2009, the iHRIS Suite was recognised as one of 50 health-related Open Source projects <ref>[http://nursingassistantguides.com/2009/50-successful-open-source-projects-that-are-changing-medicine/ Medicine 3.0: 50 Successful Open Source Projects that are Changing Medicine]</ref>

Other open source work is the development of a dedicated appliance,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://open.intrahealth.org/wiki/Installing_on_Mini-Box |title=HowTo: Installing on Mini-Box - Osi |access-date=2009-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720101025/http://open.intrahealth.org/wiki/Installing_on_Mini-Box |archive-date=2009-07-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> integration of KnowledgeTree and [Joomla](/source/Joomla) for the Library at the [Ministry of Health in Uganda](/source/Ministry_of_Health_in_Uganda).

On February 11, 2009, IntraHealth launched their [IntraHealth Open](/source/IntraHealth_Open)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://intrahealth.org/open/ |title=IntraHealth Open |access-date=2009-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120031553/http://www.intrahealth.org/open |archive-date=2008-11-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> campaign with [Youssou N'Dour](/source/Youssou_N'Dour) with the release of his song "Wake Up (It's Africa Calling)" under [Creative Commons license](/source/Creative_Commons_license).  The campaign aims to bring open source health applications to Africa. The song was remixed by a variety of artists including [Nas](/source/Nas), [Peter Buck](/source/Peter_Buck) of [R.E.M.](/source/R.E.M.), and [Duncan Sheik](/source/Duncan_Sheik) to help raise money for the campaign.

==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080410170041/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==
* {{Official website|http://www.intrahealth.org/}}

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