Community Health Workers Make a Difference for Pediatric HIV Clients in South Sudan
Lawrence Monday links health facilities and communities to extend HIV care and treatment services.
Research Team Asks a Big Question about Community Health in Zambia
Qualitative research lets health workers and clients speak for themselves—and leads to higher-quality health care.
A Colleague Lost, and the Unknown Devastation of Attacks on Health Care
Sister Veronika’s death is a tragic microcosm of a global problem.
Clubfoot Can Be Solved on a Global Scale
SwitchPoint alum miraclefeet is partnering with Clarks Shoes, Stanford, and local health workers to treat a common but debilitating birth defect around the world.
Can the World's Expanding Health Sector Heal Our Economies?
The health sector will likely become the largest source of job creation worldwide for the next decade.
5 Challenges to Women’s Human, Economic, and Labor Rights in the Global Health Workforce
Women who work in the so-called informal care economy are at particular risk.
Zika: The Cost of Doing Nothing
We must move more quickly to keep the cost of Zika—estimated at $5 billion—from doubilng or tripling, says Dr. Kate Tulenko in the new issue of Global Health & Diplomacy
An Avon-Like Approach to Lifesaving Health Care
After learning that beauty giant Avon had started in rural America, Chuck Slaughter set out to take health care door-to-door in Uganda.
5 Behavioral Science Tips for Integrating Health Services So People Actually Use Them
Offering immunization and family planning services at the same time seemed simple.
Women Deliver Starts with Stories from Health Care’s Front Lines
It was a full house at the Bella Center as frontline health workers shared their stories of fear, struggle, and a love for the job.
In Tanzania, 22.8% of Teen Girls Are Mothers
The country is turning its focus to young people—which make up half its population—in part by training thousands of health workers to deliver different methods of pregnancy prevention.
