Vital

News & commentary about the global health workforce

SwitchPoint Goes to Ghana

At the Extreme Affordability Conference in Accra, we saw some of the unusual partnerships and switchpoints that are transforming West Africa’s health and tech landscape.

Can Interoperable Health Systems Really Save Moms and Babies?

In Tanzania, interoperability is working behind the scenes to bring vaccines to more babies that need them.

5 Questions with WHO’s Jim Campbell

We talked with the director of the WHO’s Health Workforce Department during his visit to North Carolina’s global health belt.

Why Data Interoperability Matters to Global Health

The global digital health community has been talking about it for more than a decade. So where do things stand?

We Can Fix the Nursing Shortage in NC—and around the World

By 2024, there could be over a million vacancies for registered nurses. But we can still avoid it.

Built on the Basics, Tutorat Is Quietly Revolutionizing Health Care in Senegal

Mentoring and coaching are the stars of this training and performance-improvement approach.