Workforce Development

We are committed to strengthening the global health workforce through educational and learning opportunities developed in collaboration with our global partners. We support professional development, mentorship, and team-based learning that align with partners’ institutional goals and priorities. Through strong partnerships, clear processes, and opportunities for knowledge exchange and collaboration, we help build workforce capacity, strengthen local expertise, and support teams in achieving shared global health goals.

Workforce Development Projects

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Families as Teaching Partners: Scaling Family-Led Support for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

A long-standing partnership with Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú is turning a Peruvian-developed, family-led approach to neurodevelopmental care into a manualized, adaptable model successfully tested across borders and now being prepared for communities more broadly.

Pediatric Oncology Nursing in Ghana

From 2020-2024, a specialized pediatric oncology curriculum developed by Ghanaian stakeholders and international partners was taught by Colleen Nixon and Kim Shephard to 29 nurses from 6 hospitals throughout Ghana.

School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA): Building a School-Wide System to Promote Student Wellbeing

Boston Children’s partners with SOLA, the world’s only boarding school for Afghan girls, to build a trauma-informed, culturally affirming system of care that integrates student wellbeing across academic and residential life and strengthens staff and programmatic capacity to support students.

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