We are recruiting doctors, nurses, and midwives for the next intake of our Seed Educator program!👩🏾⚕️👨🏾⚕️🥼
📝 Applications are open for placements in Malawi, Sierra Leone, Uganda & Zambia to train the next generation of health professionals.
✅ Find out more - seedglobalhealth.org/become-an-ed...
Our delegation will be in New York for #UNGA80 to champion investment in the health workforce.
Check out the events our team will be at to advocate for the health workforce - a smart solution for building resilience and stability 👇🏾
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Join Dr. Vanessa Kerry of @seedglobalhealth.bsky.social + Professor @jayatighosh.bsky.social on July 11 for a powerful conversation on the future of global health financing—beyond the budget cuts.
🗓️ 9AM ET | Open to the public & virtual
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/Financing-Gl...
A must read on the future of emergency care in Uganda ⬇️
In this op-ed for Monitor Uganda our Country Director, Irene Atuhairwe, shares the next steps to build an emergency care system in #Uganda that can respond effectively to any crisis and meet growing demand.
www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/...
Investing in the full career journey of health workers- from education and recruitment to long-term retention- is needed to build stronger, more resilient health systems.
In this piece for @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social, along with AMREF, we explain more ⬇️
healthpolicy-watch.news/time-to-reth...
Time to Rethink Global Health Recruitment as Africa’s Health Workers Deserve Better
INSIDE VIEW: Martin Msukwa & Isaac Ntwiga
⬇️ The continent is projected to face a staggering shortfall of 6.1 million health workers by 2030.
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Find out more about the day's events here: seedglobalhealth.org/2025/06/02/u...
A Milestone for Emergency Medicine in Uganda! 🚑🇺🇬
Over 350 people, emergency medical professionals, students, gov’t leaders & community members came together to celebrate Emergency Medicine Day in Uganda.
See more from the event 👇🏾
youtu.be/eMbtxFR2RMg
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A banner reading Emergency Medicine Day 2025 with the procession behind.
A demonstration of emergency medicine techniques at the 2025 emergency medicine day celebrations in Uganda.
Seed Uganda Country Director Irene Atuhairwe signs the whiteboard at the emergency medicine day celebrations in Uganda.
The Hon. Anifa Kawooya Bangirana, the State Minister for Health In Charge Of General Duties speaking into a microphone at the emergency medicine day celebrations in Uganda.
This is how we marked Emergency Medicine Day in Uganda! 🇺🇬🚑
Joining with the Ministry of Health and partners for the 1st ever official event to celebrate emergency health workers in the country - charting progress & launching the 2024 EMS Assessment.
seedglobalhealth.org/2025/02/24/p...
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Light background with blue text. Text reads '78th World Health Assembly. 19-27 May 2025. One World For Health. #WHA78'
The 78th session of the World Health Assembly starts today!
📖 Today’s programme: bit.ly/4mnZCcS
📖 More information on #WHA78: bit.ly/78thWorldHea...
📣 Happening now - Our CEO Dr. Vanessa Kerry is speaking on a panel at Foreign Policy's Global Health Forum at #WHA78.
Watch the session "Health in Their Hands: Building a Resilient Workforce for Global Well-being" live ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZodA...
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@internationalmidwives.org grateful to be part of the work you're championing!
Happy #InternationalDayOfTheMidwife!
Today we celebrate midwives like Fatmata in #SierraLeone who are changing the future for mothers & babies. With the government & midwifery schools we're maximizing the impact of these highly skilled health workers.
seedglobalhealth.org/2025/05/02/f... #IDM2025
Our CEO Dr. Vanessa Kerry is speaking at the @milkeninstitute.org Global Conference next week for a session on disaster preparedness and community resilience.
Watch online ⤵️
📅 Monday, 5 May 2025
🕝 2:30 – 3:30 PM PDT
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#MIGlobal
Health workers attending infection prevention and control training at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda.
Uganda has contained the Ebola outbreak.
We are grateful to have supported the response alongside the government, partners, and the extraordinary health workers who led the effort on the ground.
#HealthWorkersSaveLives #EbolaResponse @who.int
Mothers will soon receive more timely emergency obstetric care at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in #Uganda, as construction begins on a new obstetric theatre supported by Seed.
www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/...
Dr. Austin Demby, Sierra Leone Minister of Health, at the press conference announcing the news.
The press conference announcing the news at the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health.
Dr. Austin Demby, Sierra Leone Minister of Health, at the press conference announcing the news.
Big progress in #SierraLeone!
Maternal mortality dropped from 443 to 354 per 100,000 live births between 2020-2023. This brings the country closer to its 2025 target of under 300.
We are proud to support this effort by training midwives in partnership with local health and education institutions.
#WorldHealthDay marked the beginning of a year-long campaign by the @who.int on maternal and newborn health.
Meet Dalitsolanga, head of the maternity ward at Limbe Health Centre in Malawi, who is making sure women receive respectful maternity care in Malawi 👇🏿
seedglobalhealth.org/2025/04/07/h...
This #WHWWeek we're sharing the work of health professionals who are saving lives.
Well trained & highly skilled health workers not only save lives, they train the next generation to do the same.
Sister Federica, a midwife in Sierra Leone, is one such example👇🏿
seedglobalhealth.org/2024/09/20/h...
Health workers are the 💙 heart of healthcare.
This #WHWWeek we are sharing the work of skilled health professional who are saving lives.
Meet Dr. Msandeni Chiume-Kayuni, a champion of pediatric care in Malawi 👇🏿
seedglobalhealth.org/2024/09/30/h...
#HealthWorkersSaveLives
Investing in health workers has a ripple effect. Saving lives, strengthening health systems, and training future generations of caregivers.
Investing more into training skilled health professional will transform communities for generations to come.
#WHWWeek #HealthWorkersSaveLives
Dr. Abdirahman Hassan Hersi smiling with colleagues
When we train one doctor, it has an incredible ripple effect. This #WHWWeek we are celebrating this impact.
Meet Dr. Hersi 👇🏿
After specialized training in Uganda through a program we supported he is now transforming emergency care in Somalia.
seedglobalhealth.org/2025/02/24/h...
It’s World Health Worker Week - when we celebrate the health workforce!
When we train doctors, nurses, and midwives it has a ripple effect – they save lives, they teach, mentor, and empower the next generation, to strengthen health systems from within.
#WHWWeek #HealthWorkersSaveLives
As sponsors of #MedEdAfrica2025 we are excited by this incredible milestone!
This consortium can transform medical education as it will create a new platform for co-developing regional curricula, to improve student learning, and ultimately enhancing patient care.
ughe.org/historic-lau...
An image of the session at the Advancing Medical Education in Africa Conference in Kigali Convention Center where there consortium was established. Alongside the eight panelists there is a screen with the title "Consortium of Medical Schools - Africa - Executive Committee".
We were proud to witness the establishment of the first-ever consortium of medical schools in Africa at #MedEdAfrica2025 in Kigali.
The deans of 137 African medical schools signed the agreement - together, they are responsible for graduating doctors who serve 1.5 billion people in Africa.
An image of three midwives - one an educator and two students- and the educator is teaching and pointing at a plastic model. The image is accompanied by the text: There's no health system, without health workers. We must invest now to have more well-trained health workers and well-resourced health workforce. The image also features a logo that says "health workers save lives"
Strengthening our healthcare workforce is essential for #GlobalHealth security.
Let’s invest in the future and make sure health systems have the people, resources and training needed to deliver the highest quality care.
#HealthWorkersSaveLives
