“In the village, people call me doctor. I am respected by my community,” says Martha Masawa with pride. “People come to me for help. They ask for medicine and advice. I’m happy because now I’m a ‘doctor’ and have medical knowledge. I can give medicine and advise people to do this and that. I never...
“Our health care workers are the blood line, the lifeline of our health care system,” said Hon. Minister Yolanda Awel Deng, Minister for Health, South Sudan, at a side event on the occasion of the 79th UN General Assembly. “But they cannot succeed without the support of the global community,” she...