Health Worker Shortage in Africa: Are Enough Physicians and Nurses Being Trained?


 
Language:

English

Authors:

Kinfu Y, Dal Poz MR, Mercer H, Evans DB

Series/Journal Title:

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volume:

87

Issue:

3

Description:

The health worker shortage in sub-Saharan Africa derives from many causes, yet the dynamics of entry into and exit from the health workforce in many of these countries remain poorly understood. This limits the capacity of national governments and their international development partners to design and implement appropriate intervention programmes. This paper provides some of this information through the first systematic estimates of health worker inflow and outflow in selected sub-Saharan African countries. [adapted from introduction]

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