Ethiopia faces a critical shortage of motivated health workers amid growing demand for services. In 2020, the country needed around 580,150 health workers, a number expected to rise to 751,800 by 2030. In 2023, Ethiopia only had about 326,000 health workers. Attrition, mainly due to issues around motivation, is a key concern; it undermines the
On April 12, 2023, Cameroon launched its Universal Health Coverage (UHC) health system reform, a transformative effort to provide equitable access to quality and affordable health care for all Cameroonians, particularly the most vulnerable populations—such as people living with HIV (PLHIV). In the past, approximately 70% of health services were funded out-of-pocket by clients, which
As a youngster in Kenya, Mary Wambua was different. Children stayed away from her. “When my friends were going to school and playing together—I was on my own. They said I smelled and didn’t want to get close to me,” says Mary Wambua, 48. Mary had a fistula—an abnormal passage between the bladder and vagina
