There’s something uniquely humbling about sitting in a circle with the frontline health workers (FLWs) to check, “Can we build something together, for you?” The idea of creating the resilience toolkit grew out from DISHA project where 140 FLWs across six districts highlighted their challenges, coping strategies, motivation, and support needs. In July 2024, […]
Category: health workforce
From Texts to Triage: The WhatsApp Clinic Experience
In a bustling paediatric clinic in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, the day begins not only with appointments but also with a steady stream of WhatsApp messages from anxious parents. The screen flickers as a mother text for advice, the urgency in her tone unmistakable: her 4-year-old son has a high-grade fever and refuses to […]
Will deterrents to migration strengthen the health workforce in Nigeria?
About two weeks into February, the Nursing Council in Nigeria announced a new policy to curb the migration of the nursing workforce. This policy, which will come into effect in March, will require that entry-level nurses work for a minimum of two years before applying for verification of their nursing licence for overseas work. […]
The incubator for success: how mentorship and career development can boost Nigeria’s public health sector
In March 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) released an alarming report that highlights the pressing health workforce challenges faced by several countries worldwide, with Nigeria being one of the most affected. The report sheds light on the country’s declining number of health workers despite its poor health indices, high burden of infectious diseases, […]
The doctor exodus – with focus on the Scandinavian context.
The last few years we have increasingly been reached by news of the nurse staffing crisis. Nurses are leaving the public health sector in drones and around the globe there is a growing wave of nurses strikes and protests. They demand better staffing, more humane workload, fairer wages, and rightfully so. From personal experience, […]