Africa Must Address Training Gaps, Retain Health Staff – Opoku-Agyemang

Africa must address training gaps, retain health staff – Opoku-Agyemang

Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has urged African countries to take decisive steps to address gaps in training and retaining health professionals. She said despite investments in training, many countries continued to struggle to retain health workers, highlighting systemic challenges affecting health systems across the continent. The Vice President made the call when she opened the Second Africa Health Workforce Investment For…

Africa’s health workforce expands but shortages, unemployment and migration intensify: WHO report - Global News Network Liberia

Geneva, Switzerland, 05 May 2026- /African Media Agency (AMA)/- 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 a…

Africa could face a shortage of about 6.1 million health workers by 2030 if... - WHO African Regional Director

This gap threatens essential health service delivery and progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 on health and well-being, as well as the African Union’s Agenda 2063.

Africa’s health workforce expands but shortages, unemployment and migration intensify: WHO report

Geneva, Switzerland, 05 May 2026- /African Media Agency (AMA)/- 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 a…