Africa: Global Fund Hails Launch of Africa Health Workforce Investment Charter

Windhoek — The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria , warmly welcomes the launch of theThe African continent bears a quarter of the global disease burden and endures over 100 health emergencies a year. Yet half of the global shortage in health workers affects the continent, which has only 4% of the global workforce.

"The launch of the Africa Health Workforce Investment Charter is a significant milestone for the African continent and for all investors in the health workforce, and we are proud to have supported its development and signed it," said Shunsuke Mabuchi, Head of Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health and Pandemic Preparedness and Response at the Global Fund.

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