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By One Million Community Health Workers Campaign Currently, it is difficult for the global community to assess the state of the world’s community health workers. How many community health workers are out there? Who do they work in partnership with? What services do they offer? How are national...

By Vince Blaser, Frontline Health Workers Coalition The 67th World Health Assembly (WHA), an annual gathering of the world's health ministers, began today in Geneva. This year's WHA comes at a particularly crucial moment for leadership to ensure the world has the health workforce needed to deliver a...

By Sharon Rainey, Amref Health Africa Most striking about Ugandan midwife Esther Madudu is her calm, self possession and the inner strength she exudes just by being in the room. On a recent three-city tour of the United States, this remarkable woman spoke as if saving lives is “just what she does” -...

By Stembile Mugore, IntraHealth I wonder if the midwives I have met and worked with in rural East and Southern Africa know that today is the International Day of the Midwife. In their honor, I wish to share the typical working day of one midwife I've observed. I’ll call her Jane. How does her day...

By Julia Bluestone, Jhpiego NOTE: This post originally appeared in the Huffington Post Global Motherhood Blog April and early May are bookended by World Health Worker Week (April 7-11) and International Day of the Midwife (May 5) -- two opportunities to recognize the invaluable contributions of...

By Vince Blaser, Frontline Health Workers Coalition NOTE: This piece was originally posted in the Healthy Newborn Network Blog. WASHINGTION, DC – At the close of a week where I witnessed one of the first plastic surgeons in Bangladesh captivate Capitol Hill with accounts of saving lives of women and...

By Dr. Ariel Pablos-Méndez, Assistant Administrator for Global Health, USAID NOTE: This post originally appeared in the Huffington Post . When was the last time you thanked your health care provider? We often forget how much care, guidance and support they give, and the sacrifices they make to...

By M. Rashad Massoud, USAID ASSIST Project & University Research Co. and Diana Frymus, USAID NOTE: This post originally appeared in the USAID ASSISST Project Blog. M. Rasahad Massoud and Diana Frymus at the International Forum for Quality and Safety in Healthcare in Paris on April 10, 2014. Courtesy...

Jarret Cassaniti, Johns Hopkins University Center for Communications Programs (JHU-CCP) Note: This blog originally appeared on the Knowledge for Health (K4Health) Blog. Since I joined K4Health almost two years ago, I have had the privilege of working with the Association of Medical Laboratory...

By Pape Amadou Gaye, IntraHealth International NOTE: This blog first appeared in IntraHealth International's blog VITAL. This is a pivotal year for the international development community. Fourteen years ago, world leaders gathered at the United Nations headquarters and set eight major goals to...