Heroes for health

Courtesy of Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Nurses discuss the care and treatment for people with SARS in the Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Health workers form the backbone of health systems. These are men and women who save lives every day, despite difficult conditions and inadequate resources.

In this feature, health workers from around the world tell their stories. The feature focuses on ordinary people doing extraordinary things – the dedicated and hard-working Heroes for health.

Photo stories

Africa

Working for health in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo

South-east Asia

Working for health in Kumuli village, Bangladesh

Europe

• Working for health in Kyrgyzstan and Finland

Eastern Mediterranean

Working for health in the aftermath of the South Asia earthquake

Western Pacific

• The battle against SARS in Singapore

Related links

• The First Global Forum on Human Resources for Health
• The Global Health Workforce Alliance
• Health workforce: topical overview