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Diverse women leaders attending a conference on gender-informed health leadership.

Gender-Informed Leadership: A Path To Universal Health

By Dr. Sylvia Vito   Families across East Africa face difficult decisions every day. When illness strikes, many  families are forced to choose between seeking health care and spending money on other  essentials like food and education.   Over 200 million people in the WHO Africa Region pay high out-of-pocket costs for  healthcare, 150 million of whom […]

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Empowered African woman healthcare professional wearing glasses, smiling confidently outdoors.

Women Making A Difference In Healthcare – A Women’s Month Spotlight On Empowerment In The Healthcare Business

On 9 August 1956, over 20,000 South African women marched to the Union Buildings, the official seat of the South African Government, to protest the extension of Apartheid Pass Laws to women. To pay tribute to the women who marched and fought for empowerment on that day, South Africans commemorate Women’s Month in August and […]

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African woman scientist in a laboratory setting, promoting women’s leadership in healthcare.

‘A Woman’s Place’ Is Leading Your Country To Better Healthcare

By Pelagie Boko-Collins I am looking at a photo from this May’s G7 Health Minister’s meeting in Japan. Aside from the fact that this group, discussing global health issues, contains just one representative from the entire African continent (remember more than one in five people on earth live here), one other thing jumps out: Of […]

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