New WHO report reveals failures in hiring, retention of Africa’s health workers

Africa is producing more health workers than ever before, yet millions still lack access to care, hundreds of thousands remain unemployed, and many are leaving the continent, a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed. Launched on May 6, 2026, during the Second Africa Health Workforce Investment Forum in Accra, the report, State of the Health Workforce in Africa 2026: Plan. Train. Retain exposes a worsening crisis driven not just by training gaps, but by failures in emp...

By Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen