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On the Hill to Advocate for and Honor Health Workers
Frontline Health Workers Coalition Secretariat

During World Health Worker Week , frontline health workers and members of the Frontline Health Workers Coalition (FHWC) took to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, to educate lawmakers and their staff on the tremendous impact frontline health workers have in their communities and advocate for...

#WHWWeek, US global health policy, health workforce financing, global health security, health worker safety
Clean Hands Count for Frontline Health Workers
Carolyn Moore and Ebuwa Evbuoma, Global Handwashing Partnership

The Global Handwashing Partnership highlights the importance of effective handwashing in health facilities and emphazises that proper hand hygiene can prevent the spread of infections, including health care-associated infections.

Africa, WASH, global health security, health worker safety
Getting to Zero: Lessons on Ebola and Global Health Security
Jessica Turner

By Jessica Turner for IntraHealth International. This article was originally published on IntraHealth International's publication VITAL, please see the original piece here .

We sat down with Oliver Johnson to find out how West Africa's 2014 outbreak is informing DRC's today.

As news from...

Africa, health worker safety, global health security, Ebola
On the Frontlines in Nigeria to End Polio Globally
International Medical Corps

In a world ravaged by seemingly insurmountable health challenges and disease epidemics, the eradication of polio remains uniquely attainable.

Polio, global health security
Three Challenges, One Solution: The Many Capes of Health Heroes
Phil Carroll

This UN General Assembly Week, reimagine how health heroes are critical to your cause. Because, while it's obvious we need health heroes, they also need us.

global health security, Infectious diseases
More than a story: takeaways from the Health Heroes Plus Social Good Summit

As global health policymakers from around the world this week are discussing the financing needed to achieve universal health coverage on the sidelines of the World Bank spring meetings here in Washington – they would be wise to heed the stories and calls for investment and inclusion by the frontline health workers who spoke at the Health Heroes + Social Good Summit on April 5 during World Health Worker Week.

universal health coverage, global health security, US global health policy
Making the World Safer from Health Threats

As we prepare to mark World Health Day on April 7, we celebrate the tremendous contributions of the United States government – and the American people – in creating a more secure world safe from disease through programs like the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) .

global health security
Health Workers: Living at the Intersection of Health, Climate, and Global Security

This World Health Worker Week, it’s important to focus on the role of health workers in strengthening global security and creating a safer world – and how necessary that role is as we look toward the future.

global health security
A Connected Health Workforce is Essential to Global Health Security

By Corinne Mahoney, IntraHealth International

They have the power to shut down cities, damage national economies, and even jeopardize the Olympic Games. As one epidemic after another has emerged during the past...

Ebola, Infectious diseases, global health security