An innovative programme developed with WHO is educating a new generation of leaders committed to expanding Africa’s health workforce.

As a newly graduated physician, Dr Amir Aman Hagos envisioned a future dedicated to reducing the impact of preventable communicable diseases. For the first two years after he finished his training at the University of Addis Ababa in 2009, that is precisely what he did as medical director of the Limu Genet Hospital in Ethiopia’s Oromia region.

But two years later a life-changing moment led to a complete shift in his vision and plans. In 2011, Amir enrolled in a recently-created online Masters in Public Health (MPH) focusing on health workforce development