In March this year, the W-H-O identified 55 countries as facing the “most pressing health workforce challenges”.
Basically, nations where there are less than 49 doctors, nurses and midwives per 10,000 people – the global average.
Forty-one of them are in Africa. In response, some of the main destinations for emigrating heath workers – like the UK’s National ... Show More
Jun 10
Focus on Africa: Russia's Wagner Group leaves Mali
Russia says the paramilitary group Wagner has accomplished its mission and has left Mali, although a Russian presence remains in the West African country, through the Africa Corps. So what did the Wagner Group achieve?Why has a separatist movement on the tiny, remote island of An ... Show More
33m 18s
Jun 2023
Ghana's healthcare brain drain
Kate Adie introduces stories from Ghana's hospitals, the Chinese-Russian border, Syrian refugees in Lebanon, a research station on Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the streets of Limerick in Ireland. Ghana is one of several African countries which say their health services are ... Show More
28m 42s
Aug 2023
Countries Battle for Doctors, Nurses Amid Global Staffing Crunch
A.M. Edition for August 1. From Australia to Zimbabwe, governments are raiding each others’ health systems in a worldwide hunt for medical workers. WSJ Africa bureau chief Gabriele Steinhauser explains who is winning and losing as staff poaching intensifies. Plus, presidential ho ... Show More
17m 4s