{
  "id": 1818153,
  "title": "Women make up nearly 70% of the global health workforce, even as the world faces a shortage of 34 million health workers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/women-make-up-nearly-70-of-the-global-health-workforce-even-as-the",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-18T22:30:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-women-global-health-workforce-world.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Women have driven the expansion of the global health workforce over the past three decades, yet substantial workforce shortages remain, according to a new study published in The Lancet Public Health. Researchers estimate that an additional 34.4 million doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists and pharmacists are needed worldwide to achieve moderate levels of universal health coverage, where people can…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}