Future of Health Workforce Development in Africa

I recently worked with IntraHealth International, a global health nonprofit that works to improve the performance of health workers and strengthen health systems around the world, on an initiative to better prepare for the inevitable surprises of the future of health work in sub-Saharan Africa—and by extension, the demands for health workforce development. The aim is to start a sector-wide conversation about how workforce development may need to evolve over the next 20 years, and mapping out the strategies, structures, and capabilities that members of this field may need to offer.

The initiative will build off of the set of scenarios presented in the report called The Future of Health Work in Africa: What Will It Look Like in 2040? IntraHealth plans a series of workshops to promote new conversations and ideas on this topic.