Health Care Workers

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Kenya's Health Worker Exodus: Brain Drain or Economic Opportunity?

Kenyan health-care professionals continue to emigrate, presenting a mixed bag of fortunes for the country

Fatal Attacks on Health-Care Workers Doubled in 2023

Amid a rise in global conflict, a new report shows that health-care workers are being killed at alarming rates

Poverty

Zimbabwe's Village Health Workers Persist in Cholera Battle

The southern African nation is still battling an outbreak that began a year ago

Migration

Chasing Dreams Amid Shadows

In an encounter with a Ghanaian nurse, I saw the dual reality of immigrant life in the United States

Gender

Women Are Transforming Health in Rural Villages in India

Community health "entrepreneurs" prevent disease, strengthen social safety nets, and improve well-being

Aging

The Rising Price of Dementia

As the number of people with dementia grows, families need access to affordable care

Gender

The Gender Pay Gap Is Wider Than You Thought

Making women's unpaid care work count toward an economy for health

Poverty

On the Front Lines with India's COVID-19 Warriors

Protecting community health workers will help the vast nation ride out future waves

Governance

Not Your Canaries in the Coal Mine

New CDC guidelines fail to protect frontline workers from COVID-19

Governance

Nurses Will Lead Health-Care Teams Out of the Pandemic

Interprofessional collaboration will play an important role in mitigating the global health workforce crisis

Urbanization

One Year From the Front Lines of COVID-19 in New York City

Frontline providers found a solution to communication breakdown during the pandemic: talking to each other