Seed Global Health Blog
April 15, 2021
During World Health Worker Week, representatives from Seed Global Health,...
April 13, 2021
Global health programs are often designed far away from the...
March 24, 2021
Dr. Mpundu Makasa is a clinician and public health practitioner...
March 16, 2021
Following a report from Amnesty International that 17,000 health workers...
Patterns & Meaning Episode 4: Diversifying Leadership in Global Health with Dr. Rose Clarke Nanyonga
March 16, 2021
Women make up 70% of the health workforce, yet only...
March 2, 2021
Global health is delivered by women and led by men....
February 25, 2021
On February 17th, Seed Global Health entered into a memorandum...
February 16, 2021
Inequitable power dynamics and colonial legacies continue to shape education...
February 9, 2021
Zambia has made significant improvements in reducing mortality rates related...
February 8, 2021
Join Seed Global Health (Seed) for an interactive virtual workshop...
February 2, 2021
In global health, the priority setting systems that have been...
January 27, 2021
Seed Global Health is excited to announce our new podcast,...
January 11, 2021
Mental health is a critical issue in Malawi. Reports estimate...
January 5, 2021
Statement from Seed Global Health CEO, Dr. Vanessa Kerry in...
December 31, 2020
Dear Friends and Supporters, 2020 has been one of the...
October 22, 2020
Seed Global Health is proud to join Providence St....
October 9, 2020
Dr. Kunka (right) demonstrates to Dr. Makasa (left) how to...
October 5, 2020
During the first ever virtual UN General Assembly, Seed Global...
October 5, 2020
On the occasion of the first virtual UN General Assembly,...
September 10, 2020
In global health, the priority-setting systems, the funding structures, and...
September 10, 2020
The world’s attention, efforts, and finances are firmly on tackling...
August 20, 2020
WHO representatives discuss COVID-19 protocols with Seed Physician Educator Dr....
June 22, 2020
Seed Global Health is pleased to announce the public launch...
June 15, 2020
Dear Seed Community, This Friday, June 19, Seed Global Health...
June 1, 2020
The following open letter was written by Seed Global Health...
May 20, 2020
Image: Lira regional health worker training for COVID-19 facilitated by...
May 12, 2020
This post was co-authored by Irene Atuhairwe Duhaga, BScN, MPH...
April 29, 2020
This post was authored by Matthew Haldeman, MD who is...
April 22, 2020
Across the globe, women continue to experience maltreatment at the...
April 17, 2020
She can only see my eyes. I walk into her...
March 25, 2020
Dear Seed Community Without question, we are facing one of...
February 4, 2020
The President of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) was...
May 29, 2019
We traveled to the seventy-second World Health Assembly (#WHA72) last...
May 24, 2019
The healthcare workforce, including doctors, nurses, midwives, and across the...
May 23, 2019
Universal health coverage (UHC) has been at the center of...
May 22, 2019
1. Primary health care (PHC) is a critical foundation for...
May 21, 2019
We live in an extraordinary time. With increasing speed, technology...
May 8, 2019
This post was authored by Mrs. Nkosinathi Nkwanyana and Helen...
May 8, 2019
This post was authored by Amos Drasiku and Janet Gross,...
April 22, 2019
Uganda has less than 30 pathologists, which is very low...
March 29, 2019
March 30 is National Doctors' Day, an opportunity to recognize...
March 26, 2019
Dr. Anna McDonald initially went to Malawi in 2015 through...
March 22, 2019
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a leading cause of death...
March 19, 2019
Held in Kigali, Rwanda, the Africa Health Agenda International Conference...
March 8, 2019
While Malawi has made great strides in reducing both maternal...
February 19, 2019
Over three years ago, Seed Global Health partnered with the...
December 11, 2018
Where do you get your news in human resources for...
November 26, 2018
Good health is critical to advancing economic opportunities for women...
November 20, 2018
In some countries, like the United States, this time of...
November 19, 2018
Three years ago, Dr. Lisa Rynn worked as a visiting...
November 7, 2018
When a child is sick in the U.S., a highly trained...
November 1, 2018
Nurses are the lifeblood of a thriving health system. In...
October 18, 2018
Effective policy is essential to nurturing the supportive context required...
October 11, 2018
Women represent 70% of the world’s health workforce. Whether we...
October 10, 2018
According to the World Health Organization, one half of all...
October 3, 2018
Check out some of the top headlines from #UNGA73! Bill...
September 21, 2018
The United Nations General Assembly opened this week with nine days...
September 13, 2018
Surrounding this year’s American Academy of Family Physicians Global Health...
August 14, 2018
Where do you get your news in human resources for...
August 9, 2018
Adrienne White, RN, WHNP, served as a Nurse Educator through...
August 7, 2018
It’s World Breastfeeding week—a time to recognize how breastfeeding benefits...
August 2, 2018
During her time as a midwifery student at the University...
July 27, 2018
As the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam comes to a...
July 25, 2018
Advancements in health and science and a sea change in...
July 5, 2018
Angie Boehmer is a Pediatric Nurse and Volunteer Nurse Educator...
June 25, 2018
Here’s a roundup of what our team has been reading...
June 20, 2018
Amidst the heated debate about how to manage the global...
June 18, 2018
The day a woman gives birth can be one of...
June 11, 2018
Where do you get your news in human resources for...
May 31, 2018
“We all belong to a large international community of critical...
May 29, 2018
In early 2017, Seed’s Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning team surveyed...
May 22, 2018
Core to Seed’s Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) practices is...
May 17, 2018
There is a big difference between learning about a lifesaving...
May 2, 2018
People ask “why midwifery?” and “what drew you to this...
May 1, 2018
Midwives have existed even before formalized healthcare. We were the...
April 30, 2018
The WHO projects that 40 million new health sector jobs...
April 25, 2018
Today marks World Malaria Day, a day to highlight efforts...
April 19, 2018
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” — Benjamin...
April 17, 2018
Where do you get your news in human resources for...
April 16, 2018
Our hearts and thoughts are with our colleagues, the patients,...
April 9, 2018
Tomorrow marks the start of this year’s Skoll World Forum,...
April 6, 2018
Earlier this week, Seed Global Health CEO Dr. Vanessa Kerry...
April 4, 2018
The first week in April once again brings our annual...
March 29, 2018
National Doctors’ Day is March 30th. Each year, this day...
March 21, 2018
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a devastating disease that disproportionately affects developing...
March 15, 2018
Every country should have a strong health workforce so that...
March 13, 2018
From core clinical skills to more advanced practices, Seed Global...
March 7, 2018
She is a nurse. She is midwife. She is a...
February 22, 2018
In Liberia, 44 percent of women give birth at home...
February 15, 2018
The most recent report from the United Nations on the...
February 12, 2018
Anneka Hooft had just finished residency as a pediatrician when...
February 9, 2018
The conflicts in Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan are unlike any...
February 6, 2018
Commitment. Engagement. Resilience. Perseverance. These words describe the ever present...
January 29, 2018
Ravaged by civil war and the Ebola crisis, the Liberian...
January 18, 2018
In Malawi, children represent the majority of the total population,...
January 10, 2018
Globally, nurses deliver the highest percentage of patient care. They...
January 9, 2018
"I did not hesitate to accept an invitation to serve...
December 20, 2017
Midwives are the heart of maternal and child health around...
December 7, 2017
Arctic ice caps are melting. Sea levels are rising. Extreme...
November 27, 2017
“Family doctors have always been the backbone of health care....
November 22, 2017
It’s the time of year when many of us join...
November 21, 2017
In September 2017, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation published...
November 17, 2017
Teaching and training were in focus yesterday at the Fourth...
November 16, 2017
Dr. Nicole Geller, a nurse midwife, is in her second...
November 15, 2017
This post originally appears on the Frontline Health Workers Coalition...
November 11, 2017
While demand for health care increases around the world, the...
November 10, 2017
Serving as a Volunteer Nurse Educator, Laura Brennaman spent last...
October 24, 2017
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it...
October 18, 2017
Health workers are the backbone of strong health systems and...
October 17, 2017
Last month, the Paediatrics and Child Health Association of Malawi...
October 11, 2017
Around the world, women carry a disproportionate burden of disease...
October 4, 2017
When it comes to providing the best care, local leaders...
September 29, 2017
Last week was an exciting one, as many from the...
September 26, 2017
Adopted in 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals are 17 ambitious...
September 25, 2017
Established in 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted...
August 31, 2017
The work of Mr. Wilmot M. Fassah, a Liberian nurse...
August 28, 2017
I recently completed a year of service as a physician...
August 25, 2017
In a country where there is only one physician for...
August 22, 2017
Helping Babies Breathe (HBB), the resuscitation program focused on saving...
August 19, 2017
“Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck....
August 11, 2017
International Youth Day appreciates the unique contributions of young people...
August 10, 2017
Dr. Anthony Ocaya is the Deputy Dean of Gulu University...
August 3, 2017
Dr. Warles Charles Lwabukuna’s dedication to the health of people...
July 26, 2017
In early June I left Boston to join colleagues and...
July 24, 2017
Swaziland has the world’s highest estimated rate of HIV, with...
July 18, 2017
Dr. Fola May is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at...
July 14, 2017
The science of improving health underpins the professional community’s ability...
July 13, 2017
Just twenty miles from the border of the Democratic Republic...
June 27, 2017
Robert Kasibante has deep ties to the country where he...
June 20, 2017
We are failing some of the world’s most vulnerable people....
June 19, 2017
Midwives are pillars of health and stability in their communities....
June 19, 2017
No woman should die during pregnancy or childbirth. Period. How...
June 13, 2017
For Wreatha Carner, it’s the little things that she knows...
June 6, 2017
A mother has an unplanned Caesarian and her tubes are...
May 30, 2017
I have served as a Nurse Educator in Liberia for nearly...
May 23, 2017
Each year between 50,000 to 100,000 women worldwide are affected...
May 15, 2017
Bob Goodman, an orthopedic surgeon, served from 2014 to 2015...
May 15, 2017
Surgically-treatable conditions kill close to 17 million people each year,...
May 11, 2017
For the final post in our National Nurses’ Week series on...
May 10, 2017
As part of our National Nurses’ Week series on nursing and...
May 9, 2017
As part of our National Nurses' Week series on nursing and...
May 8, 2017
As part of our National Nurses' Week series on nursing...
May 8, 2017
This week, we celebration National Nurses' Week! Each day, we will publish...
May 4, 2017
In the days ahead of International Day of the Midwife,...
May 4, 2017
As we celebrate International Day of the Midwife, we reflect...
May 3, 2017
Obstetricians and gynecologists play an undeniably important role in women’s...
April 25, 2017
The world faces a projected shortage of nearly five million...
April 25, 2017
For Nurse Educator Rebecca Munger, service means creating sustainable change....
April 5, 2017
Jasintha Mtengezo knows what it means to be a leader...
April 4, 2017
“I think that one of the best ways that I...
April 3, 2017
By Dr. Vanessa Kerry, CEO, Seed Global Health Here’s to...
March 30, 2017
As we celebrate National Doctors’ Day today, we reflect on...
March 15, 2017
Last month a variety of stakeholders gathered to discuss the...
March 9, 2017
There are only 3 physicians for every 100,000 people in...
March 8, 2017
In honor of International Women's Day 2017, we asked leaders...
March 1, 2017
Far too many women die in childbirth. Far too many...
February 21, 2017
From Seattle to Senegal, the importance of skilled mental health...
February 15, 2017
Check out Center for Public Impact's interview with Seed Global...
December 30, 2016
During Dr. Abel Mussa’s internship, he was one of eight...
December 9, 2016
Drug and antibiotic resistance is increasingly becoming a global problem,...
November 22, 2016
Anesthesia remains an often overlooked area of health care in...
November 22, 2016
Seed Global Health co-founder and CEO, Dr. Vanessa Kerry will...
November 17, 2016
In Tanzania, a country with only 22 anesthesiologists for more...
November 14, 2016
"There is Strength in Numbers": A letter from GHSP Nurse...
November 1, 2016
At a swearing-in ceremony, the US Ambassador to Malawi recognized...
July 30, 2016
When Mary Sebert arrived at Mbarara University of Science and...
June 30, 2016
For GHSP Nurse Educators Genevieve Evenhouse and Janet Gross,...
June 29, 2016
Olivia had just finished working in Kenya and Jason had...
June 8, 2016
Seed Global Health CEO Vanessa Kerry participated in the Atlantic forum...
June 2, 2016
Two years ago, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST)...
May 27, 2016
In December 2015, Nicole Geller, a nurse-midwife with over two...
May 27, 2016
When Ruth Oenga and Sakina Moloo started the second semester of...
May 12, 2016
Prior to becoming a Global Health Service Partnership Volunteer in...
May 12, 2016
Fabiola Moshi is a teacher, a nurse, a researcher, and...
May 6, 2016
As a nurse, a midwife, an educator, and a public...
May 5, 2016
For Ms. Elizabeth Kijugu, teaching midwifery at Hubert Kairuki Memorial...
April 29, 2016
Ari Hoffman had just completed his residency in Internal Medicine...
April 29, 2016
This year the Global Health Service Partnership will be placing...
April 29, 2016
Over 220 local health professionals attended a conference on wound/burn...
March 31, 2016
Growing up in Malawi as the daughter of a nurse...
March 31, 2016
When Deogratias Ngoma joined the Seed team as our first...
March 29, 2016
Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP) Volunteer Jenifer Lasman arrived at...
March 29, 2016
Dr. Vanessa Kerry, Seed's co-founder and CEO, has been named...
March 29, 2016
The Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP) is expanding to Liberia as...
February 12, 2016
“The connections between disease and poverty -- and between health...
February 4, 2016
For Mrs. Esther Beebwa, becoming a nurse was a “dream...
February 4, 2016
In 2012, more than 8 million people died from cancer...
February 1, 2016
Dr. Martha Makwero, the head of the Family Medicine Department...
February 1, 2016
It would be hard to imagine anybody better qualified or...
January 22, 2016
[January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month – a fitting time...
January 4, 2016
During their year of service, GHSP Physician and Nurse Educators...
December 23, 2015
Pride and Purpose Fuel Ugandan Midwife Mary Elizabeth Nawil 84...
December 21, 2015
In the US and other wealthy countries, bronchoscopy – using...
December 11, 2015
Living paycheck to paycheck, praying that the government is actually able...
December 10, 2015
"Making a difference" is one of my core aspirations. As...
December 9, 2015
The educational system in Uganda is based on the British...
December 8, 2015
This is a common exchange during a chat with a...
December 3, 2015
What are your strengths? What do you do well? What...
November 18, 2015
In a compelling call to action for young stewards of...
October 8, 2015
Returned GHSP Volunteer Hannah Bergbower reflects on her experiences and...
September 24, 2015
Seed Global Health CEO, Dr. Vanessa Kerry along with Dr. Vin...
September 23, 2015
Eunice Kimunai, a 2014-2014 GHSP Nurse Educator, presented at Jhpiego,...
September 17, 2015
In the article, "Global Health Service Partnership: First Year Findings",...
September 16, 2015
Join Seed Global Health, Peace Corps Response and returned Global...
July 15, 2015
The 2015-2016 Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP) program is launching! This...
July 9, 2015
Hear from GHSP Nurse Volunteer Kelly Lippi about training her Ugandan nursing...
May 19, 2015
OBGYN Dr. Alisa Kachikis, a GHSP Volunteer, noticed that many...
May 12, 2015
The excerpt below of GHSP Volunteer Cherlly Bailey's poem was...
April 11, 2015
GHSP Volunteer Hanna Yoon’s post as featured on “Adventures in...
April 8, 2015
World Health Worker Week 2015: The Importance of Investing in...
April 1, 2015
It’s 7:30am and mothers begin to gather under a shelter...
March 26, 2015
“I am a nurse because…” Through interviews, Global Health Service...
March 10, 2015
Although it has only been a few months, I already...
March 8, 2015
International Women's Day 2015 On International Women’s Day (March 8),...
March 4, 2015
"I am a nurse because..." Through interviews, Global Health Service...
February 27, 2015
"Resilience" - GHSP Volunteer Hanna Yoon’s post as featured on...
February 3, 2015
“I am a nurse because…” Through interviews, Global Health Service...
January 14, 2015
"Hands-on Teaching" - GHSP Volunteer Megan Coe’s post as featured...
November 21, 2014
The number one cause of death in Malawi is HIV/AIDS....
November 21, 2014
As a GHSP internal medicine and pulmonary physician in Tanzania,...
August 6, 2014
In case you missed the Google+ Hangout hosted by Seed...
July 29, 2014
Are you curious about what is it like to serve...
July 24, 2014
Seed Global Health Senior Advisor Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan shares successes...
July 18, 2014
Today we celebrate Nelson Mandela Day! We, like Mandela, believe...
July 8, 2014
We are thrilled to announce the new class of Global...
May 15, 2014
"Medical Education in Crisis: Training Doctors Without Faculty" - GHSP...
May 13, 2014
"What I’m Learning as a Nurse in Malawi" - GHSP nurse...
May 10, 2014
Image Courtesy of Intrahealth International Karen Blyth's article on IntraHealth...
May 5, 2014
Through our partnership with the Peace Corps, the Global Health...
April 18, 2014
Image Courtesy of Humanosphere As featured on Humanosphere, "Eight Facts...
December 13, 2013
"Investing in Health Workers Today Means More Lives Tomorrow" -...
September 26, 2013
“ Mzuzu, Markets, and my Friends” – GHSP Volunteer Brittney Sullivan’s...
June 25, 2013
Seed Global Health CEO, Dr. Vanessa Kerry reflects on her...