Health workforce – Healthy DEvelopments

Building sustainable digital public goods through academic partnerships: the approach of openIMIS

Healthy DEvelopments — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:53:42 +0000

Partnerships between openIMIS and academic institutions create a win-win  building local digital capacity, embedding digital public goods in health and social protection systems, and strengthening the long-term evolution of openIMIS.

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Africa’s Rising Pharma Industry Forges Global Business Links in Germany

Healthy DEvelopments — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 23:59:03 +0000

A delegation of African pharmaceutical sector leaders recently journeyed to Germany, where they seized opportunities to connect with global industry players, explore cutting-edge technologies, and champion Africa’s expanding role the global pharmaceutical landscape.

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Why Investing in Health Has Never Been More Important

Healthy DEvelopments — Wed, 07 May 2025 08:25:56 +0000

Key insights from the BMZ High-Level Dialogue “The Case for Investing in Health - NOW!” with Parliamentary State Secretary Niels Annen

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Midwives and Nurses: Pillars of Libya’s Health System

Healthy DEvelopments — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:22:11 +0000

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.

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Global Health and bodily autonomy- a short film by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Healthy DEvelopments — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:57:31 +0000

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.

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Strengthening health workers’ capacities in contexts of fragility and conflict: lessons learned from German technical cooperation

Healthy DEvelopments — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 07:03:24 +0000

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.

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In the post-COVID period, a strong midwifery workforce is more essential than ever

Healthy DEvelopments — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 18:09:04 +0000

A World Health Summit panel calls for investments in midwifery to achieve Universal Health Coverage and resilient health systems

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Linking rural health centres up with Malawi’s digital health architecture

Healthy DEvelopments — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 10:57:07 +0000

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.

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Midwifery education in Nepal: Training the first generation of professional midwives

Healthy DEvelopments — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:22:06 +0000

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.

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Compassion-based quality improvement for Cambodia’s healthcare system

Healthy DEvelopments — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:38:11 +0000

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.

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