Once reliant on foreign health professionals, Libya is now strengthening its healthcare system by investing in local talent. By providing more modern and practice-oriented education, the country is equipping midwives and nurses with the skills to deliver quality care – ensuring better health outcomes based on capacity building.
Midwives and Nurses: Pillars of Libya’s Health System Mehr lesen
Poor sanitation comes with a cost – it affects the affected individuals’ and populations’ health status and their productivity. Zambia, for example, loses 1.3 percent of GDP due to public health impacts of poor sanitation which results in child malnutrition, illness and premature death.
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) joined forces to host a high-level meeting on pandemics. Despite the challenges ahead, a sense of hope and determination prevailed that progress can be made.
A World Health Summit panel calls for investments in midwifery to achieve Universal Health Coverage and resilient health systems
In the post-COVID period, a strong midwifery workforce is more essential than ever Mehr lesen
An electronic patient register allows health workers in rural facilities to improve diagnoses and treatment and to contribute to, and use, the national health information system.
Linking rural health centres up with Malawi’s digital health architecture Mehr lesen
Nepal plans to produce and deploy thousands of professional midwives across the health system to improve women’s access to quality maternity care. With support from Germany, midwifery education programs are now up and running – and the first graduates are already busy at work.
Midwifery education in Nepal: Training the first generation of professional midwives Mehr lesen
To enhance the quality of care provided at health facilities, a project explored, and built on, health workers’ motivations and cultural values related to care-giving – with surprising results.
Compassion-based quality improvement for Cambodia’s healthcare system Mehr lesen
Looking back on a 3-year project that improved career opportunities for women in Liberia’s health workforce
Working together for health and gender equality Mehr lesen
A training manual for gender responsive human resource management
Gender and the Health Workforce Mehr lesen
How a career guidance programme in Liberia is encouraging girls to consider jobs in traditionally male health professions
Broadening horizons Mehr lesen
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