education and training

Only 14 medical doctors are currently working in Kaduna state, Nigeria, where an estimated 9 million people live. Kaduna is a largely rural state, and doctors often prefer to work in towns and cities, or leave the country altogether, exacerbating the lack of access to quality health care in places...

“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...

Meet the team training and supervising Sierra Leone’s new national cohort.

National policies and investments during the pandemic are only part of the story.

We need to remove gender-related barriers, recruit from local communities, and create funding mechanisms.

This midwife is giving babies born too soon a chance at life.

Taking a comprehensive, whole-of-system approach to transform health professional education can help us achieve health for all.

Authors: Kristen Devlin and Kim Farnham Egan, JSI According to the World Bank and the World Health Organization, at least half of the world lacks access to all essential health services. In pursuit of the goal of universal health coverage, countries are developing strategies to reduce health...

This World Menstrual Hygiene day take a look at some of the tools and practices that frontline health workers around the world use to help women understand the menstrual changes that can take place in their body while using hormonal contraception.

As we celebrate International Women's Day, this op-ed explores the movements that have been made to empower women and girls, and asks what this means in practice, particularly for the health workforce.