What I’m Learning as a Nurse in Malawi
In the US, nurses take on incredible accountability for their clients' care. In Malawi, where the nursing ratio may be six nurses for 271 patients, that kind of attention is impossible.
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.
As the Country’s Newest Innovation Hub, NC Must Stay Ahead of the Curve in Global Health
Join us at SwitchPoint to show the world why North Carolina deserves to be called a hub for innovation.
Imams in Senegal Are Not against Family Planning
In Senegal, we have not been brainwashed by international donors to support family planning. Our primary interest is the well-being of the people of our country.
Five Key Steps to Making the Health Workforce a Post-MDG Priority
Let’s make sure our next set of global commitments is sustainable by putting health workers at the center.
Health Workers Can Help Break the Silence around Violence against Women
Universal screening is a logical first step in addressing violence against women. Here are 4 things health institutions must keep in mind.
I Counted, There Were 14 Health Workers
An allergic reaction sent Kenyan health worker Doris Mwarey to a US hospital—and made her see the global shortage of health workers in a whole new light.
Six Steps on the Long Road to Gender Equality
What can we do to reduce discrimination and violence against women? And how can we make change last for generations to come? Madhuri Narayanan has some ideas.
Building a Health Workforce to Achieve an AIDS-Free Generation
What will the woman nominated to be the next leader of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief say about the health workforce?
