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Africa

New Regional Advisors Will Guide Coalition's Health Workforce Policy and Advocacy Work

We're expanding our leadership to include health workers and health workforce experts in the regions where we focus our advocacy.

COVID-19 , Africa , Asia , Community Health Workers , Digital Health , family planning , Gender , Health Workers , HIV/AIDS , Nurses , women , Youth
Hand-in-Hand for Health: How Governments and the Private Sector Can Come Together
Belinda Ngongo, Medtronic Foundation and Samantha Rick, IntraHealth International

We need the unique expertise of both to solve community health problems.

Africa , IntraHealth International , Medtronic Foundation , Public-Private Partnerships
Not Slowing Down: Community Health Worker Harriet Mutaawe
Judith Ssesse, Community Health Manager, Nsangi Branch, Living Goods

Harriet's a community health worker and an advocate in rural Uganda.

Africa , Community Health Workers
Women in the Workforce: Promoting the Rights, Well-being, and Contributions of Female Community Health Workers
Aissata Maiga Lilian Otiso Amelia Clark Caroline Johnson

This Women Deliver, Population Council take a close look at female community health workers and the integral role they play in holding up health systems all over the world.

Community Health Workers , Africa
Why Hospital Medical Equipment Maintenance Is So Critical To Saving Lives, As Told By One of Tanzania’s Few Female Biomedical Engineering Technicians
Taylor Birnbaum Jessie Cohen

Meet Nziza Pachal Rufutu, a 28 year old woman working a biomedical engineering equipment technician in Tanzania. Nziza supports frontline health workers and ensures that critical health equipment is operating to the highest possible standard.

Africa , Touch Foundation , women
Calling All Girls
Tara MacDowell and Mary Rose Giattas, Jhpiego

Health workers like Yustina and Tatu in Tanzania are making sure the HPV vaccine is not confined to classrooms.

Africa , Jhpiego , HPV , Youth , Vaccines
For Underserved Populations in Tanzania, Social Service Workers Provide a Critical Link to Frontline Health Workers
Kathryn Utan AIHA

For our World Health Worker Week blog series, we are featuring a number of posts that focus on different cadres of health workers, within health workforce teams. This post from AIHA looks at how social workers can play a crucial role in frontline heatlh workforce teams.

#WHWWeek , Africa
From Malaria Prevention to Postpartum Family Planning, Midwives Are Changing the Story for Women in Rural Senegal
Margarite Nathe IntraHealth International Editorial Team

For our World Health Worker Week blog series, we are featuring a number of posts that focus on different cadres of health workers, within health workforce teams. This great piece from IntraHealth International focuses on a midwife named Fatou in Senegal.

Africa , maternal and child health , IntraHealth International , women
Newborn Plans: Nurse Leader in Ghana Encourages First-Time Teen Moms to Take Charge of Their Lives
Maryalice Yakutchik, Jhpiego

For our World Health Worker Week blog series, we are featuring a number of posts that focus on different cadres of health workers, within health workforce teams. This piece from Jhpiego focuses on Nurse Julia Doudu in Ghana.

Africa , Jhpiego , women , #WHWWeek , Nurses
Community Health Workers: Effective Teamwork Brings Us One Step Closer to Health for All!
Dr. Diana Nambatya Nsubuga Living Goods

For our World Health Worker Week blog series, we are featuring a number of posts that focus on different cadres of health workers, within health workforce teams. This piece is from Living Goods and focuses on community health workers.

Africa , Community Health Workers , #WHWWeek , women
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