Addressing the health workforce crisis: towards a common approach
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Editorial
Addressing the health workforce crisis: towards a common approach Mario R Dal Poz*1,2, Estelle E Quain3, Mary O'Neil4, Jim McCaffery5, Gijs Elzinga6 and Tim Martineau7 Address: 1Editor-in-Chief, Human Resources for Health online journal, 2Department of Human Resources for Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 3Office of HIV/AIDS, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA, 4Management Sciences for Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 5Capacity Project, Intrahealth, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, 6National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands and 7Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK Email: Mario R Dal Poz* - [email protected]; Estelle E Quain - [email protected]; Mary O'Neil - [email protected]; Jim McCaffery - [email protected]; Gijs Elzinga - [email protected]; Tim Martineau - [email protected] * Corresponding author
Published: 03 August 2006 Human Resources for Health 2006, 4:21
doi:10.1186/1478-4491-4-21
Received: 06 June 2006 Accepted: 03 August 2006
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Abstract The challenges in the health workforce are well known and clearly documented. What is not so clearly understood is how to address these issues in a comprehensive and integrated manner that will lead to solutions. This editorial presents – and invites comments on – a technical framework intended to raise awareness among donors and multisector organizations outside ministries of health and to guide planning and strategy development at the country level.
Background The existence of a widespread health workforce crisis with the potential to reverse the health gains of the past decade and contribute to the collapse of the health system in some countries is generally acknowledged. The challenge is what to do about it. The World health report 2006: Working together for health asks: "How can a country begin to solve the myriad and complex problems of human resources for health that confront it? Is there a tool or a technical framework that will assist governments and national health workforce planners to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy in a systematic way?"
Towards a common approach The World health report 2006 presents an evolving technical framework to help countries resolve the problems underlying the crisis. The framework was developed by representatives of multilateral and bilateral agencies, donors, partner countries, nongovernmental organiza-
tions and the academic community who came together at an informal consultation sponsored by the World Health Organization and the U
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