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.

HIV Testing Support in Tanzania Puts Emphasis on Impact

Some international NGOs are changing the way they work in Tanzania as the CDC forges a new path toward the AIDS-free generation.

How Access to Tuberculosis Care Helps a Family in Patna, Bihar

Hundreds of thousands of TB patients in India ignore their symptoms, often until it is too late.

Partnering across Public and Private Sectors to Beat TB in India

If it takes you five minutes to read this article, 81 people will have contracted TB by the time you finish.

Mentoring for Karnataka Health Workers Means Better Care for Mothers and Babies

Nurses in these rural Indian facilities are more confident now, and it shows.

mHero May Be the Tech Response to Ebola that Liberia's Health Workers Need

The Liberian government is teaming up with international NGOs and others to make mHero a reality.

Brave Women on the Front Lines of Health Care Deserve Protection

“Let me treat my patients,” pleads a Syrian doctor whose hospital has been repeatedly attacked. This year on International Women’s Day, let’s pledge to #MakeItHappen.

Health Workforce Shortage Weakens AIDS Response

Africa needs over a million more health workers for HIV care.

To Do: Get Hands Dirty, Make Something Useful, Solve World’s Problems

With a little incentive and a lot of patience, you can create something useful—possibly even lifesaving—out of nothing.

What’s So Rosy about Garden City?

On International Women's Day we remember the dedicated women we met at Garden City University College who are making women’s health happen.

5 Women Who Make It Happen for Global Health

Whether it’s online or on the ground, out of sight or in the international spotlight, these women are blazing new and better trails for global health and development.