IntraHealth International Addresses Capacity Building and Open Source Technologies at Tech-Themed Global Health

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Tue May 19, 2009 9:30am EDT 

  CHAPEL HILL, NC, May 19 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
IntraHealth International will highlight its commitment to leveraging
technology to benefit the people of the developing world during the 36th
annual International Conference on Global Health in Washington D.C., May
26-30. Hosted by the Global Health Council, this year's conference, "New
Technologies + Proven Strategies = Healthy Communities," focuses on the
ways in which technologies in combination with best practices and
evidence-based policies improve health around the world.

    "IntraHealth wants to help strengthen local health workers' ability to
identify, develop and implement appropriate technologies that support
improved global health outcomes," says President and CEO Pape Gaye, who
will speak as part of a special session, "The Big Choice: The Successes
and Challenges of Open Source Technology."

    The global nonprofit will host an evening ceremony at the conference
celebrating its recently launched IntraHealth OPEN Initiative to benefit
Africa's health workers. IntraHealth has partnered with Youssou N'Dour,
Nas, Peter Buck of R.E.M. and a host of global leaders in music,
technology and public health, to create and release a series of free MP3s
in support of the campaign. Participating bands will be performing at the
event including Afrissippi, Toubab Krewe, DJ Equal and Umar Bin Hassan of
The Last Poets. IntraHealth and Indaba Music will announce the winner of
the IntraHealth Global Music Remix Contest at the event, and premiere a
clip from the new Youssou N'Dour biopic "I Bring What I Love."

    An interactive expo hosted by the IntraHealth-led USAID Capacity Project
will demonstrate resources and open source software designed to build
local equity and expertise and help decision makers use data to lead and
manage successfully.

    IntraHealth's work is also featured in workshops and sessions on human
resource and health management information systems, new technologies for
supervision and Geographic Information Systems. Staff and partners from
Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Rwanda
and Uganda will be attending.

    Concurrent with the conference, IntraHealth is holding the inaugural
meeting of the IntraHealth OPEN Council, bringing global leaders and
local innovators in technology and public health together to discuss
eHealth strategies in the developing world.

    ABOUT INTRAHEALTH INTERNATIONAL

    IntraHealth International is a US-based non-profit organization that has
served the public health needs of developing countries for nearly 30
years. IntraHealth's mission is to create sustainable, accessible health
care by strengthening health workers and the systems that support them.
IntraHealth primarily addresses maternal, reproductive and child health,
HIV/AIDS, malaria and other infectious diseases. With a portfolio of work
in more than 50 countries, IntraHealth has active field programs in two
dozen nations on four continents. IntraHealth receives funding and
support from the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID), the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, private
foundations, corporations and individuals. www.intrahealth.org

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Press Contacts:

Heather LaGarde
Special Projects Advisor
IntraHealth International
Tel: (336) 675-7704
Email Contact

David Nelson
Acting Communications Director
IntraHealth International
Tel: (919) 313-9139

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