Vital

News & commentary about the global health workforce

Three Steps NGO Leaders Can Take toward a Future of Inclusive, Locally Led Development

Lessons in localization with global health CEOs Maqsoda Maqsodi and Pape Gaye.

“I Can Improve Things”: An HIV Peer Counselor in the Dominican Republic

In the aftermath of receiving discriminatory care at a local maternity hospital, one young mother living with HIV found her calling.

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.

Data Can Tell Stories—and Improve Health Care

In Liberia, technologists are learning to make two powerful information systems operate together, slowly revealing the story of how family planning there does—and doesn't—work.

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.

Medical Education in Crisis: Training Doctors Without Faculty

How do you provide medical education without faculty? Not very well, it turns out. It's a problem in Tanzania.

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.

Corporate Volunteers Can Create a Ripple Effect for Global Health

In Senegal, the government is working to make sure family planning supplies are available when and where they’re needed. Pfizer Global Health Fellow Suzie Roy is helping to make it happen.

Kenneth Magala: "I'm a Health Worker"

Meet Kenneth Magala, a Ugandan nurse who can tell you exactly what he loves most about his job.

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.