WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?

Africa has 24% of the burden of disease in the world, but only 3% of the healthcare workers. This means that even with great advances in science and technology, African countries struggle to provide adequate health care to their populations.


Back in November 2007, the Duke Global Health Institute and the Fuqua School of Business co-sponsored a conference here at Duke with the Global Health Workforce Alliance to discuss the African Healthcare Worker Shortage. Out of that conference came an invitation for Duke to be involved in the First Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, sponsored by the Global Health Workforce Alliance and the World Health Organization (WHO). This conference is being held in Kampala, Uganda on March 2-7, 2008.

As part of Duke's involvement in the conference, the Duke Global Health Institute is sponsoring the attendance at the conference of five students from the School of Medicine and the Fuqua School of Business. This blog is their opportunity to share what they learn.

Friday, February 29, 2008

Amsterdam Sunrise

Thanks to the 240 MPH tailwinds we arrived in foggy Amsterdam in 6 hours. We immediately found Nazaneen, Amelia, Gretchen and Tim who has just arrived from Boston. We've enjoyed the Amsterdam sunrise, and all is well despite being a bit tired. Only 8 more hours flying over the Sahara and we'll be in Entebbe. See you in Africa.-Geelea
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Anonymous said...

Glad to know the trip so far is uneventful. I'm going to include a link to the LANCET's podcast with Francis Omaswa about his hopes for the conference in our DGHI Newsletter on Tuesday, March 4. Hope it meets his (and your) expectations. -- Marsha

March 1, 2008 at 12:30 AM

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