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News & commentary about the global health workforce

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.

Haiti’s Need for Mental Health Services, Before and After the Quake

Mental illness affects 1 in 10 people, yet only 1% of the global health workforce is dedicated to mental health. Haiti feels the effects.

Tomorrow’s Health Sectors Need More IT Staff, Interoperable Systems

When it comes to data-wrangling software and apps, health sectors today have lots of options. But they may come with a language barrier.

Courage to Change Child and Youth Lives

South Africa's Safe Parks model is catching on, and so are the health workers who give vulnerable young people a safe place to play, talk, and be.

A Walk through Maternal Health Care in Rural India with mSakhi

A mobile app helps frontline health workers more effectively communicate with pregnant women and new mothers.

Six Reasons Ministries of Finance Should Invest in Health Workers

Last week's talks in Ethiopia resulted in a powerful new advocacy tool: the Addis Ababa Call to Action on financing the health workforce.

How To Ensure Global Health Security? Frontline Health Workers, Of Course

At the heart of global heath security lie three pretty simple notions.

Will This Be Our Decade of Data Use?

Should we continue rushing headlong into developing fancy new gadgets and software? Or should we organize the data we’ve collected and use them to scale up solutions we know work?

Three Ways to Scale the Mountain of mHealth Pilot Studies

Plan for sustainability from the beginning, and other tips for making your mobile health pilot study a success.

Availability: Keeping Contraceptives on the Shelves in Senegal

The government of Senegal suspected that contraceptives weren’t consistently available at local health facilities. They were right.