The State of the health workforce in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence of crisis and analysis of contributing factors (English)

This paper examines some of the issues of human resources in the health sector, focusing on the situation in Africa in view of its particularly critical state. First, it examines the current state of the health sector workforce, including the latest statistics and trends. Second, it analyzes the economic factors that influence the availability of human resources. Next, it takes a close look at the brain loss phenomenon, or exodus of trained health...

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Dussault,Gilles;

Liese,Bernhard H.;
Document Date
2004/09/01
Document Type
Departmental Working Paper
Report Number
32804
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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The State of the health workforce in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence of crisis and analysis of contributing factors
Keywords
shortage of health worker

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Dussault,Gilles; Liese,Bernhard H..

The State of the health workforce in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence of crisis and analysis of contributing factors (English). Africa Region Human Development working paper series Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/412051468002680722

The State of the health workforce in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence of crisis and analysis of contributing factors (English)

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