The Overseas Development Institute described the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals as being an architectural marvel, soaring and visionary in their ambition. And so they need to be if they are to do justice to the scale and complexity of the challenges this world faces.
One in 7 people across the world today will never see a qualified health worker. According to the World Health Organization, the worldwide crisis of health worker shortages is set to grow to 12.9 million by 2035.
Without a major effort to recruit and educate health workers, how can the commitment to achieve universal health coverage be realized?
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About the author
Ben Simms
Ben Simms is the chief executive of THET, the organization at the forefront of supporting partnerships that engage British health professionals as global health volunteers. Ben was previously director of STOPAIDS, the network of 80 U.K. agencies working to secure an effective global response to HIV and AIDS and has worked extensively in health across Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
