mHealth Africa Summit—the Personal Emerging
Health workers in Ghana, Malawi, and other countries are using their phones to photograph physical symptoms. This is just one mHealth example.
Uganda Training Managers to Become Leaders Who Transform the Health System
We often talk about how countries grapple with the challenge of building and maintaining a health workforce that can deliver high-quality health services. In part, it’s a problem of too few health workers or a poor mix of the right skill sets or geographic distribution.
Actual Needs and Donor Priorities in HIV/AIDS—The Frustrating Gap
Reading Samuel Loewenberg’s article, “Ethiopia Struggles to Make Its Voice Heard,” I thought, finally, someone is speaking out about something too many of us remain silent on—the vast gap in some countries between actual needs and donors’ perceived priorities, particularly when it comes to HIV/AIDS funding.
With Technical Support You Learn to Fish
Working on the CapacityPlus project, I’m always excited to see capacity-building in action and hear how local leaders are strengthening the health workforce. Recently I learned about a terrific story from West Africa and wanted to help share it.
Collaboration with Ugandan Students Expands Reach of Software Systems in the Health Sector
Working in the field of global health we often hear the global health workforce shortage: we don’t have enough doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists, community health workers in developing countries. This is true, but what we hear less about is how we manage and support the people we do have.
Clean Water and Sanitation: Basic Necessities for All Global Health Work
Although in many developed countries running water that is safe for drinking and bathing and working toilets are ubiquitous, a third of the world’s population goes without these luxuries.
Ensuring a Legacy: The Health Workforce Component of the Global Health Initiative
When we talk about the “health workforce crisis” or “human resources for health,” this abstract language can obscure the suffering of people in need.
Key Elements of a Health Workforce Strategy for the Global Health Initiative
In sub-Saharan Africa, a woman is likely to deliver her baby without a skilled birth attendant, making her chance of dying unacceptably high.
Why the Global Health Initiative Needs a Health Workforce Strategy
Entering a one-room health clinic in Cambodia’s Pursat Province, I saw a heavily pregnant woman suffering on the dirt floor. A midwife was the lone health worker staffing this rural post.
