The ultimate purpose of medicines procurement is to support better outcomes through person-centred health systems.

With donor funding less certain, African countries are exploring whether market shaping can create more reliable medicine supply.

With PATH investment, AI can move procurement intelligence beyond national dashboards and into the hands of frontline health workers.

Kenya is turning to real-time digital procurement systems to reduce stock-outs, cut costs, and keep essential medicines flowing.

Buying antibiotics regionally could fix supply and protect stewardship at the same time.

Regional pooled procurement is emerging as a key response to fragmented medicine purchasing across Africa to improve prices and supply.

Open data platforms make healthcare procurement more transparent, but real accountability depends on active civil society monitoring.

Procurement decisions shape far more than medicine supply: they influence whether patients access timely care and complete treatment.

Multiple micronutrient supplements offer a low-cost, evidence-based way to improve maternal and newborn health globally.

As childhood obesity rises, this year’s World Health Assembly highlighted the urgent need for stronger prevention and policy action.

COPD is the world’s third leading cause of death. Better risk identification and follow-up care can save lives in LMICs.

A surplus of trained health workers across sub-Saharan Africa hides a troubling reality: thousands remain unemployed or unpaid.

Caste-based discrimination, rigid hierarchies, and insecure work have created a culture where abuse thrives in India’s health system.

Fixing the heath workforce crisis means reforming domestic financing and coordinating workforce planning across ministries.

Virtual reality has the potential to transform nursing training, but the technology needs long-term investment and support.

Health workers are the foundation of care. Transforming education, expanding jobs, and supporting wellbeing builds stronger systems.

Village health workers are the backbone of Zimbabwe’s healthcare system, and plans are underway to put them on the government payroll.

Building stronger primary healthcare is not just about policy, financing, and clinical care—it is about effective leadership.

Filipino health workers migrate for higher pay and better opportunities. Salary and workplace reforms are key to their retention.

In humanitarian crises, ensuring frontline health worker safety and wellbeing is more than policy—it is an ethical obligation.