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Health Workers Save Lives Building the health workforce of the future THE CHALLENGE A Health Worker Shortage The countries of subSaharan Africa shoulder 24 percent of the worlds disease burden with only 3 percent of the global health workforce. And by 2030 Africas health worker shortage is expected to exceed six million. Despite the crucial role health workers play in saving lives less than 7 percent of global health funding has been invested in the health workforce since 2010. At Seed Global Health were working to change this.