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.

3 Cases for Optimism at SwitchPoint and Beyond

Meet three of the wonder women who will rock the SwitchPoint stage next month. 

Four Women behind Tanzania’s Fight to End AIDS

They're working to prevent HIV in two of the country’s hardest-to-reach areas.

School Gardens and Peer Educators Improve Nutrition in Rural Tajikistan

These students are learning about soil management, crop rotation, safe drinking water, and much more.

Fatimata Sy on Partnering to Expand Access to Contraceptives

When it launched in 2011, the Ouagadougou Partnership set an audacious goal for 2020: Increase the number of women using modern contraceptives by at least 2.2 million in nine francophone West African...

10 Global Health Issues to Watch in 2019

From food security to the future of PEPFAR, here are some of the trends we’ll be watching closely in the year ahead.

We Must Keep Maternal Health Front and Center of the UHC Conversation

This piece originally appeared on Devex.

The Lancet recently reported that if high-quality health systems were in place in 137 low- and middle-income countries, maternal deaths would decline by half...

Why Should Postabortion Care Be Youth-Friendly?

Midwife Tembi Mugore answers four questions about bias, shame, and what it takes to overcome them in health services for young people.