Health Workers Are Change Agents
The shortage of health workers around the world is estimated at over 4 million, and 57 countries are experiencing a critical shortage, defined as having fewer than 2.3 doctors, nurses or midwives per 1,000 population.
Health Under Attack: The Need to Safeguard Health in Conflict
Attacks on hospitals, medical equipment, ambulances, and on health workers themselves gravely limit the access to care of communities in need.
Part 1: Opening the Umbrella of Primary Care to Include HIV Services in Namibia—Background & Context
Namibia finds itself where many countries in the region may find themselves over the next several years—on the brink of graduating from United States Government (USG) funding. This milestone comes in part due to Namibia’s middle-income country status as well as economic realities that are constraining donor funding at the global level.
What’s the Best Way to Retain a Health Worker? Just Ask Her!
The world currently has a shortage of some 4 million health workers, amplified by a complete mismatch between where health workers are stationed and where they are most needed.
SwitchPoint: Great Ideas with Real Impact
Switchpoint brings together thought leaders from all over the world and asks them to apply their best thinking to the challenge of global health.
Aging Well: Who Will Be There to Walk beside You?
This year’s World Health Day, celebrated on April 7, will focus on aging and health. The older I get, the better I understand that old truism: ‘old age is not for wimps.’
Picturing Our Work: Who’s There?
IntraHealth's Dykki Settle was excited to show me his photos from his latest trip to Uganda to support the launch of the country’s HRHIS.
Laurie Garrett at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy: Calling for a Major Change in Global Health
A legendary figure of global health journalism, Laurie Garrett challenged a university audience with her insightful, incisive, and energizing lecture on the future of global health.
