Devin Pinckard

Apr 30, 2024 | pbs.org | Simeon Lancaster |Sam Lane |Devin Pinckard

Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for about 25 percent of all disease in the world, yet it has just three percent of the healthcare workforce. There are not enough medical and nursing schools and many of the continent’s graduates are recruited to wealthier countries. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one effort to educate African providers who will stay and serve. It's part of his series, Agents for Change. Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy.