Caseloads and Competence in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Fundamental Reassessment of the Human Resources Crisis in Primary Health Care (English)

This paper presents a fundamental reassessment of the global human resources crisis in primary health care, using nationally representative survey data from 7,915 health facilities across 10 Sub-Saharan African countries. The reassessment consists of three main parts. First, in contrast to a literature that posits pervasive health workforce shortages, the paper estimates that the median primary health care provider sees 10.9 patients each day and...

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Daniels,Benjamin;

Das,Jishnu;

Roberta V. Gatti;

Andres Yi Chang;
Document Date
2025/01/23
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS11043
Volume No
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
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2025/01/23
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Disclosed
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Caseloads and Competence in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Fundamental Reassessment of the Human Resources Crisis in Primary Health Care

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Daniels,Benjamin; Das,Jishnu; Roberta V. Gatti; Andres Yi Chang.

Caseloads and Competence in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Fundamental Reassessment of the Human Resources Crisis in Primary Health Care (English). Policy Research Working Papers;People Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099836501232518461

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