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This article is about the non-profit organization. For the software company, see
Intrahealth
.
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:
International Development
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IntraHealth worked to increase
community health
services in Rwanda, with a $34 million grant from the
U.S. Agency for International Development
.
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Open Source
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Since 2005, IntraHealth has focused some of its efforts on Health-related
Open Source software
and uses
Canonical's Launchpad
to organize their efforts.
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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
[3]
Other open source work is the development of a dedicated appliance,
[4]
integration of KnowledgeTree and
Joomla
for the Library at the
Ministry of Health in Uganda
.
On February 11, 2009, IntraHealth launched their
IntraHealth Open
[5]
campaign with
Youssou N'Dour
with the release of his song "Wake Up (It's Africa Calling)" under
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
,
Peter Buck
of
R.E.M.
, and
Duncan Sheik
to help raise money for the campaign.
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