| Author: Fatu Yumkella |
| InfoShare Partner: IntraHealth International |
| Publication Date: February 2006 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Financing/management, HIV/AIDS, general, Service delivery |
| Region: Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Language: English |
| Number of Pages: 4 |
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The number of health workers employed is an
indicator of a country’s ability to meet the health
care needs of its people, especially the poorest
and most vulnerable. Resource-constrained countries
committed to the Millennium Development
Goals are facing up to the reality that shortages
and uneven distribution of health workers threaten
their capacity to tackle the HIV/AIDS pandemic,
as well as the resurgence of tuberculosis and
malaria. Worker shortages are linked to three factors:
1) decreasing student enrollment in health
training institutions, 2) delays or freezes in the
hiring of qualified professionals and 3) high
turnover among those already employed.
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