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News & commentary about the global health workforce

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.

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.

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.

5 Reasons Senegal Is Ahead of its Neighbors on Family Planning and HIV

How is it that, in a region that has lagged behind in the global health advances of the past 30 years, one country stands out?