Ebola crisis sets back African health targets

The Ebola epidemic has thrown the spotlight on the shortage of health care workers in Africa, with many countries facing major challenges to rebuild, says Professor Michael Kidd, the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University.

Learning lessons in care from Cuba

“If a developing country like Cuba can train more doctors and nurses than they need so they can contribute to the health care needs of other countries around the world – why can’t Australia do the same?”