SwitchPoint: Is it a Festival or a Conference?
This year’s SwitchPoint speakers are coming from the UN Foundation, the World Bank, USAID, major corporations, and from tiny startups in far-off places.
A Connected Health Workforce is Essential to Global Health Security
We shouldn't wait for the next epidemic before we implement some relatively simple yet powerful digital health solutions.
12 Faces of the Health Workforce Shortage
Meet 12 people from across the globe who are working to improve health and well-being, despite a daunting shortage of workers—and huge challenges ahead.
Tanzania’s Health IT Community Is Growing—and Getting Stronger
Open source technologies have turned traditional tech transfer on its head. Now Tanzania is reaping the benefits.
Guarding the Family Jewels: Masculinity, Fear, and Vasectomy
It's time to start listening to people’s real concerns about vasectomy.
No Better Time for Canada to Invest in Francophone West Africa
The Ouagadougou Partnership invites Canada to be part of its hidden story of success for women and girls.
10 Women Who Are Disrupting Global Health and Tech
We're geeking out over 10 of the inspiring, disruptive women headed to SwitchPoint next month.
In Rural Tanzania, Everyone Has a Role to Play in Ending Gender-Based Violence
Health workers are forging key partnerships to halt the violence.
How the Informed Push Model Gets Contraceptives to the Women Who Need Them
It all comes down to data, vehicle maintenance, and partnerships, according to one private-sector distributor in Senegal.
What I Learned from Working on the Ebola Response
At the beginning of the outbreak teams were doing what they've done for years: working in their own bubbles. But Ebola changed that.
