Subject Guides

These subject guides introduce the fundamental topics in the human resources for health (HRH) crisis, provide links to topical information within the HRH Global Resource Center and recommend additional articles on current HRH research and promising practices.

Current subject guides include:

Human Resources for Health (HRH) Overview

Discusses why health worker shortages are a global concern, the major HRH challenges and the strategies for addressing these issues

Infectious Diseases

Outlines the effect HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis have on the health workforce and how the HRH shortage impacts treatment

Human Resources for Health Planning

Emphasizes the importance of planning the health workforce for effective health service delivery and the different aspects of good planning

Maternal & Child Health and Reproductive Health

Presents the importance of providing health care for mothers and children as well strategies for building human resources capacity for delivering family planning and other reproductive health services

Human Resources for Health Management

Details the methods and issues surrounding the management of health workers to meet health care coverage requirements, ensure quality care and meet the needs of the workers

Gender

Introduces the important aspect of gender as it relates to human resources for health shortages and inequalities