State of the health workforce in the WHO African Region: decade review of progress and opportunities for policy reforms and investments.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

An adequate health workforce is one of the cornerstones of a healthy nation. Over the last two decades, Africa has gained momentum in mitigating critical health workforce gaps, but urgent actions are still needed to accelerate progress towards universal health coverage and ensuring health security. This analysis provides an overview of the health workforce in the WHO African Region for the last decade.

Methods

Data were extracted and triangulated from the National Health Workforce Accounts (NHWA), health labour market analyses, countries' human resources for health (HRH) profiles, HRH strategic plans and annual reports. A descriptive analysis of health worker stock, training capacity and unemployment levels was undertaken. The density of health workers was calcu

SUBMITTER: Asamani JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11733074 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature