[HTML][HTML] Reversing a global health workforce crisis

M Sidibé, J Campbell - Bulletin of the World Health …, 2015 - SciELO Public Health
M Sidibé, J Campbell
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2015SciELO Public Health
The current Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa has exposed vulnerable health systems,
dire shortages of health workers and a deep mistrust between authorities, health workers
and the communities at risk. Policy-makers responsible for health systems need to
investigate what is not working and what can be done to make systems resilient, sustainable
and, ultimately, ready to meet the challenges of the next global pandemic.Shortcomings in
the health workforce stretch well beyond Africa and current disease outbreaks. The Open …
The current Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa has exposed vulnerable health systems, dire shortages of health workers and a deep mistrust between authorities, health workers and the communities at risk. Policy-makers responsible for health systems need to investigate what is not working and what can be done to make systems resilient, sustainable and, ultimately, ready to meet the challenges of the next global pandemic.
Shortcomings in the health workforce stretch well beyond Africa and current disease outbreaks. The Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals proposed a broad health agenda–the ambitions of which are yet to be matched by investment in the health workforce. 1 1 Open working group proposal for sustainable development goals, 2014 [Internet]. New York: United Nations; 2014.
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