Thailand, Iran, Sudan, and Brazil are represented in this issue with reports on rural recruitment, educational environment, a new teaching tool, and the impact of war.  Repeated studies, including one in our next issue, demonstrate the predominance of authors from high resource countries in academic publications.  We continue to encourage authors from the rest of the world to submit their work so our readers get a more balanced view of the state of health workforce education.

A commentary from Guest Co-Editors, Sailaja Musunuri and Tine Hansen-Turton from Woods Services, provides global context for our new series on mental health.  Advances in neurophysiology provide better diagnostic and treatment options but they may be thwarted by stigma and access issues that deter people in need from getting help.  Voices from all corners of the world need to be heard on these issues.

Efficient manuscript processing is the key to a vibrant journal.  The average number of days from submission to acceptance for Education for Health is 49, a dramatic improvement from a year ago, and in keeping with industry standards.  Our reviewer team is doing valiant work providing timely feedback to authors, and they could use your help to offset the workload.  We would particularly like to see more published authors from this journal volunteer to become peer reviewers.  If you are interested, contact me directly at drwburdick@gmail.com. 

Finally, Payal Bansal will remain a Co-Editor but she is taking a well deserved sabbatical after many years of service to attend to other responsibilities.  We look forward to her return.

Bill Burdick

Co-Editor, Education for Health