Author: Reda Sadki
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What pre and post tests cannot tell you: A critical review of a widely-used but poorly-understood assessment method
This is the first of two articles about assessment, exploring the limitations and misuse of pre and post tests. The second article examines the framework used by The Geneva Learning Foundation to overcome the limitations described here. The reassuring illusion of the knowledge quiz Imagine a two-day workshop on menopause for healthcare providers. Before the…
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“Scholar one day, Scholar always”: Inside the last-mile global health network that runs on trust
This article is part of a series celebrating the tenth anniversary of The Geneva Learning Foundation. At 12:40 p.m. Kinshasa time on March 11, 2026, Simon Mukundi Badinenganyi logged into a Zoom call from Kananga, in the Kasaï Central province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He typed a greeting to the hosts, then…
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New evidence for the significance of community-based peer review for health equity
In September 2025, The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) launched the first Certificate peer learning programme for equity and research and practice. Health workers, a plurality of them sub-national government staff, came together for an intensive 16-day learning journey. This article shares what we learned by examining community-based peer review feedback between learners. A thirteen-year-old girl…
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The Africa Malaria Progress Reports: Chronicling eight years of progress toward malaria elimination
The Africa Malaria Progress Reports are annual publications produced by the African Union Commission, the African Leaders Malaria Alliance, and the RBM Partnership to End Malaria. These documents track the progress of African Union Member States toward the ultimate goal of eliminating malaria across the continent by 2030. They provide a comprehensive overview of the…
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Artificial intelligence, real racism: why the code can’t fix ‘poverty porn’
The arrival of artificial intelligence in the global development and non-profit sectors has sparked a period of intense ethical reflection around what some are calling ‘poverty porn 2.0’. The visual ethics organization Fairpicture is tackling head-on the nascent public dialogue. Opening a “FairTalk” panel discussion on 11 February 2026, Fairpicture’s CEO Noah Arnold framed this…
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Comparative analysis of malaria workforce development models
The stagnation in global malaria mortality reduction calls for a re-evaluation of the malaria workforce development models currently deployed in high-burden countries. While biological challenges such as insecticide resistance and parasite mutations are well-documented, a critical bottleneck remains the capacity of the human workforce to implement technical strategies with precision. The transition from control to…
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Rethinking human resources for malaria control and elimination in Africa
The comprehensive policy review by Halima Mwenesi and colleagues “Rethinking human resources and capacity building needs for malaria control and elimination in Africa” argues that the stagnation in global malaria progress is fundamentally a human resources crisis rather than solely a biological or technical failure. The authors posit that the current workforce is insufficient in…
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Evaluation of a capacity building intervention on malaria treatment for children
The study by Ayodele Jegede and colleagues “Evaluation of a capacity building intervention on malaria treatment for under-fives in rural health facilities in Niger State, Nigeria” provides a rigorous evaluation of a standard “cascade training” intervention. The intervention followed the classic global health model where national experts trained state trainers who then trained local government…
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Book review: A handbook of learning for transformation
A cartography of learning for transformation The Palgrave Handbook of Learning for Transformation offers a sweeping map of the territory of transformative learning. The editors have curated a massive collection of perspectives that stretch the boundaries of the field beyond its traditional roots in the work of Jack Mezirow. The volume is organized not as…
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Retention and completion in online learning: recommended strategies for improvement
Why learner support is the heart of an effective program If you are designing an online or blended program for busy professionals, the single most powerful lever you control is how you support learners. When support is strong, people are more likely to stay in the program, complete activities, and actually change what they do…
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