WHO: Africa’s health workforce expands but shortages, unemployment and migration intensify: WHO report
06 May 2026
Extracts below. Read online: https://www.afro.who.int/news/africas-health-workforce-expands-shortages...
Africa is producing more health workers than ever before, yet millions of people still lack access to care; hundreds of thousands of trained health professionals are unable to find jobs; and many of them are migrating. A deliberate shift linking education, employment, retention, quality, productivity and investment is needed to alter the paradox of growing health personnel numbers and unmet needs, a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) finds...
Even where health workers are available, quality of care remains uneven. Health workers correctly diagnose only about 62% of cases and provide appropriate treatment in just 40% of those, exposing health clients to avoidable risks...
Note: I was unable to access the report itself. Can anyone provide a direct URL?
Best wishes, Neil
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org