The labor market for health workers in Africa : a new look at the crisis /

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 hea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Bank
Otros Autores: Soucat, Agnes L. B., Scheffler, Richard M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2013.
Colección:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
Temas:
Medical personnel > Supply and demand > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Health Workforce
Health Personnel > organization & administration
Health Personnel > education
Caregivers > education
Personnel médical > Offre et demande > Afrique subsaharienne.
Personnel médical > Formation.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disease & Health Issues.
Medical personnel > Supply and demand
Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa South of the Sahara
Afrique subsaharienne.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Labor markets analysis of human resources for health
  • Needs-based estimates for the health workforce
  • A labor market approach
  • Productivity of health workers : Tanzania
  • Health worker performance
  • Fiscal issues in scaling up the health workforce
  • Politics and governance in human resources for health
  • How many health workers
  • Rural/urban imbalance of health workers in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Migration and attrition
  • Public and private practice of health workers
  • The equity perspective
  • Incentives for provider performance
  • Intrinsic motivation
  • Facility-level human resource management
  • Health worker education and training
  • Becoming a health worker student
  • Paying for higher education reform in health.

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