Health worker heroes

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Balinda (4th from right) poses for a picture with patients and some medical staff during the launch of a support group in Rwamagana district in 2019. Credit: Jean Paul Balinda

"Then God sent Mr Balinda" – the Rwandan nurse supporting cervical cancer patients

6 Jan 2025

5 min read

HPV Health worker heroes

A health worker administering polio drops to a child during nationwide door to door campaign in Pakistan. Credit: Gavi/2020/Asad Zaidi

In memoriam: VaccinesWork remembers health care workers killed in 2024

23 Dec 2024

4 min read

Health worker heroes Conflict & humanitarian

Credit: yousef alfuhigi on Unsplash

Amid brain drain, can Nigeria draw back émigré health workers?

17 Dec 2024

10 min read

Health worker heroes

The black mamba, native to Eswatini, has one of the world's deadliest bites.

Thea Litschka-Koen and Eswatini's snakebite survival miracle

7 Nov 2024

5 min read

Health worker heroes

Namusoke giving a polio vaccine to a baby under a shade at Kyegegwa Hospital. Credit: John Agaba

Meet the nurse helping newcomers to safety in one of Uganda's largest refugee settlements

17 Oct 2024

7 min read

Spotlight on conflict and fragility Conflict & humanitarian Health worker heroes

Nikuze poses for a picture with her cow. Credit: Hudson Kuteesa

Rewarding, but unremunerated: life as a Rwandan community health worker

15 Oct 2024

4 min read

Health worker heroes

District khateeb for Peshawar, Maulana Tayyab Qureshi administering polio drops to children. Religious scholars in Pakistan are extending support to immunisation campaigns with the objective of promoting vaccine acceptance. (Photo by Adeel Saeed).

In northwestern Pakistan, religious leaders convert the vaccine-hesitant

25 Sep 2024

6 min read

Health worker heroes Polio

The signpost to St Pius Kidepo Health Centre III in Moroto. The facility is the only health centre closest to the kraals deep in Karamoja. Credit: John Agaba

"It is a risk someone has to take": the Catholic nun helping vaccinate thousands in Uganda’s Karamoja

18 Sep 2024

7 min read

Health worker heroes Climate change Conflict & humanitarian

Maria Matuka's job as a community health workers is made easier by a bicycle built for the rugged roads in Chiredzi, Zimbabwe. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/2024

Pedalling vaccines in rural Zimbabwe

6 Sep 2024

6 min read

Health worker heroes

Father Lealem Getahun. Credit: Abinet Bihonegn

Body and soul: how a priest in Amhara is helping protect his flock from disease

23 Aug 2024

4 min read

Health worker heroes

Benjamin Niyibizi standing outside Rwanda's National Electoral Commission offices earlier this year after submitting his candidature for a parliamentary seat. Credit: Benjamin Niyibizi

Far from paralysed: Rwandan polio survivors stride towards a safer future

21 Aug 2024

4 min read

Health worker heroes Polio

6 month old Fiona waits for a vaccine at a clinic in Soa District, Cameroon. Doctors say childhood immunisation, beginning with a birth dose, against hepatitis B needs to be scaled up to knock back the liver-damaging virus. Credit: The Global Fund/Vincent Becker

Meet the medic championing Cameroon’s fight against viral hepatitis

26 Jul 2024

5 min read

Health worker heroes Hepatitis

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