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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814147803321

Titolo

Human resources for health in Africa : : a new look at the crisis / / [edited by] Agnes Soucat, Richard Scheffler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank, , [2012]

copyright 2012

ISBN

0-8213-9558-0

Descrizione fisica

pages ; ; cm

Collana

Directions in development. Human development

Altri autori (Persone)

SoucatAgnes

SchefflerRichard

GhebreyesusTedros Adhanom

Disciplina

362.10967

Soggetti

Medical personnel - Africa

Rural health services - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Tools for health workforce analysis -- pt. 2. Distribution of health workforce -- pt. 3. Performance of the health workforce -- pt. 4. Education and training of health workers.

Sommario/riassunto

Sub-Saharan Africa has only 12 percent of the global population, yet this region accounts for 50 percent of child deaths, more than 60 percent of maternal deaths, 85 percent of malaria cases, and close to 67 percent of people living with HIV. Sub-Saharan Africa, however, has the lowest number of health workers in the world-significantly fewer than in South Asia, which is at a comparable level of economic development. The Labor Market for Health Workers in Africa uses the analytical tools of labor markets to examine the human resource crisis in health from an economic perspective. Africa's labo