Projected health workforce requirements and shortage for addressing the disease burden in the WHO Africa Region, 2022-2030: a needs-based modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

An adequate health workforce (HWF) is essential to achieving the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), including universal health coverage. However, weak HWF planning and constrained fiscal space for health, among other factors in the WHO Africa Region, has consistently resulted in underinvestment in HWF development, shortages of the HWF at the frontlines of service delivery and unemployment of qualified and trained health workers. This is further compounded by the ever-evolving disease burden and reduced access to essential health services along the continuum of health promotion, disease prevention, diagnostics, curative care, rehabilitation and palliative care.

Methods

A stock and flow model based on HWF stock in 2022, age structure, graduation a

SUBMITTER: Asamani JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11789529 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature