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.

No Health Care without Health Workers

As one of the six building blocks for health systems strengthening, the health workforce is best addressed systematically rather than with silver bullets.

These Six Ethiopian Nursing Students Will Become Lifesavers

IntraHealth is working with the Alkan College to help young women from remote parts of Ethiopia to become community nurses.

Frontline Health Workers' Key Role in Improving Nutrition

In Jharkhand, India, one auxiliary nurse midwife struggles to mobilize women to take advantage of Village Health and Nutrition Days.

Are Health Workers Delivering for Women? And Are We Delivering for Health Workers?

Skilled birth attendance is on the rise, but it's only increased by 10% in developing countries over the last 20 years.

Greater Access to Midwives like Jenny: For Women around the World and Here in North Carolina

A few hours after I delivered my daughter three years ago, one of my midwives, Jenny Cox, stopped by to see how we were doing.

Welcome to My Mother's Kitchen: Task Sharing and Innovation

Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda's mother was a true innovator—by necessity.

SwitchPoint 2013: Reengineering the Back Yard

If you want to help save the world, look for a problem to solve in your own back yard.