Author:
Baye Tiruneh,Taame Haftom,Tajudeen Raji
Abstract
The health workforce plays a vital role in any healthcare system, underscored by the strong correlation between a higher density of skilled professionals and improved health outcomes. Notably, the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and other disease emergencies have highlighted the acute shortage of health personnel in Africa. While progress has been made since 2013, but the global healthcare workforce deficit remained at 15 million in 2020, projected to decrease to 10 million by 2030 [...].
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Reference17 articles.
1. Liu J, Eggleston K. The Association between Health Workforce and Health Outcomes: A Cross-Country Econometric Study. Soc Indic Res. 2022;163(2):609-632. doi:10.1007/s11205-022-02910-z
2. 2023-gmr-summary-hwf.pdf. Accessed October 29, 2023. https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/health-workforce/hwf-news/2023-gmr-summary-hwf.pdf?sfvrsn=7b646293_3&download=true
3. Ezeh A. Leadership and health in Africa. The Lancet. 2015;385(9983):2141. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)61010-8
4. World Health Organization: Everybody’s business--strength... - Google Scholar. Accessed October 29, 2023. https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Everybody%E2%80%99s+Business%E2%80%93Strengthening+Health+Systems+to+Improve+Health+Outcomes:+WHO%27s+Framework+for+Action&publication_year=2007&
5. Joint external evaluation tool: International Health Regulations (2005) - third edition. Accessed October 29, 2023. https://www.who.int/publications-detail-redirect/9789240051980