The labor market for health workers in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : a new look at the crisis / / Agnes Soucat, Richard Scheffler, with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, editors

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.10967
• Soggetto topico: Medical personnel - Africa; Rural health services - Africa
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SoucatAgnes SchefflerRichard GhebreyesusTedros Adhanom
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The labor market for health workers in Africa
• ISBN: 0-8213-9558-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462644203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). . -Human development.