For Children, Health Workers Are Key to Longer Lives

Parents of five-year-olds everywhere share many experiences. But access to high-quality child health services is not one of them.

Greater Support for Social Service Workers Leads to Better Care for Children

This year, 6.6 million children under five won’t reach their birthdays.

Your Voice: Frontline Health Workers Are the Unsung Heroes of Global Health Progress

Frontline health workers are vital links between their communities and health systems. In remote and underserved areas, they can also be the difference between life and death.

Youth Can Take the Lead in Health Governance and Accountability

Calling all young people: It's time to take the lead in global health. And don't forget to show your work along the way.

U.S. Leadership for the Health Workforce We Need Post-2015

When it comes to addressing the worldwide health workforce gaps that hinder our global progress, American leadership matters.

On the Road with Midwife Esther Madudu

There's no running water and the electricity is spotty, but that doesn't stop this Ugandan midwife from giving moms and newborns all the care she can.

Mothers Can Make All the Difference in the Health of Their Children—and of Their Communities

A Tanzanian woman named Teereza teaches her son to take ownership of his health, just like my mother did with me.

A Day in the Life of a Rural Midwife

Officially, Jane’s work hours are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. In reality, she never knows when she will start or finish. She is on call 24/7.

You’re Not a Fraud, You’re an Innovator

What happens when you put a bunch of experts and creative non-experts in a room together? Answer: Big ideas are born.

This Labor Day, Let’s Hear It for Health Workers

Today is Labor Day for many countries around the world. And plenty of frontline health workers are at work despite the national holidays, laboring for our global health and well-being.