Liberia in EL PAÍS English

From left to right, Ghanaian nurses Anthony Akum-Nyemi in Cambridge, Precious Jessusita Annan, in Nyammey Camp (Ghana) and Dalali Kwasi in Accra.

Nurses flee Global South to work in healthcare systems of high-income countries

Ana Carbajosa|Accra / Cambridge|Dec 29, 2024 - 05:30 CET

Following the pandemic, the surge in demand for health professionals has further weakened the already fragile systems of African countries. Experts are calling the situation a ‘global health emergency’

David Sumo is 18 years old and suffers from lymphatic filariasis, a mosquito-borne disease that creates deformities in his limbs.

neglected diseases

It’s not witchcraft, it’s a lack of development aid: a political lurch from London is putting the eradication of diseases in Africa at risk

Pablo Linde / Ana Carbajosa|Monrovia (Liberia) / London|Jan 31, 2024 - 00:10 CET

The United Kingdom’s cuts to international development funding threaten to reverse the path towards eliminating the so-called neglected tropical diseases in several African countries

Apúntate

newsletter