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.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Ready to go!

With four hours to departure, excitement and anticipation is beginning to take over from the exhaustion of preparing for an international voyage while a full time medical student! We've been getting messages over the past 24hours from different constituency groups that will hold sessions at the conference, and seeing other folks' responses and comments is a little glimpse into the interactions that we can expect in a day or two. I've printed out a crash-course in Luganda for the plane ride, but who knows how much time we'll have to try out the local language. More once we're on the ground in Kampala!
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