Vital

News & commentary about the global health workforce

6 African Health Leaders Share Recommendations for President Biden’s Health Workforce Initiative

These experts weigh in on how the US could best invest in greater global health security through a stronger global health workforce.

Student Loans Helped Osoro Build a Business and Expand Health Care in Rural Kenya

He had almost given up on his dream of owning a health care enterprise. Then he learned about the Afya Elimu Fund. 

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.

Ghost Workers Aren’t Spooky—They’re Expensive

The Democratic Republic of the Congo found $2 million in savings when they used data to uncover absent health workers.