Why addressing burnout among healthcare workers is crucial to advance health-related SDGs
While governments, NGOs and the private sector often commit to putting patients first, the need to recognize healthcare worker burnout is just as vital.
Mackinnon Engen is Executive Director of Watsi.org. She is a global health and humanitarian leader with over 15 years of service. Mackinnon has overseen surgical programs reaching more than one million patients worldwide. In previous roles, she has worked for the United Nations, local and international nonprofits, and in academia across Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
Mackinnon has a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University, with a concentration in humanitarian assistance and policy analysis, and a Bachelor of Arts in international relations and anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis.