Implementing a health labour market analysis to address health workforce gaps in a rural region of India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human Resources for Health (HRH) are essential for making meaningful progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), but health systems in most of the developing countries continue to suffer from serious gaps in health workforce. The Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health-Workforce 2030, adopted in 2016, includes Health Labor Market Analysis (HLMA) as a tool for evidence based health workforce improvements. HLMA offers certain advantages over the traditional approach of workforce planning. In 2018, WHO supported a HLMA exercise in Chhattisgarh, one of the predominantly rural states of India.

Methods

The HLMA included a stakeholder consultation for identifying policy questions relevant to the context. The HLMA focused on state HRH at district-level and bel

SUBMITTER: Garg S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9167498 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature