Healthcare professionals can utilize the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Find Shortage Areas site to determine if their practice facility is in a HPSA/MUA area. You can search your facility location by address, state, or country. HRSA Find provides the type of HPSA (geographic...
Global Health Workforce Shortage to Reach 12.9 Million in Coming Decades. WHO. N.p., 11 Nov. 2013. Web. 05 June 2014. .WHO | Global health workforce shortage to reach 12.9 million in coming decades, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2016, from Who.int.: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news...
The countries of WHO's South-East Asia Region also face several common health workforce related problems and issues concerning shortage, skill-mix, migration, work environment, knowledge-base and other areas amply articulated in the 'Dhaka Declaration' [6]. Bangladesh is no exception in this regar...
Health workers are concentrated in urban areas and developed countries. Brain drain has devastating consequences in some of the donor countries. Substantial number of health workers leaves the health workforce prematurely.Population aging, increase in chronic diseases and conflicts are increasing the ...
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Conclusions : Afghanistan made notable progress but must continue its efforts in addressing its critical health worker shortage and maldistribution through the production, deployment and retention of a "fit-for-purpose" gender-balanced, rural workforce with adequate skill mix. Limited literature inhibits ...
Health Resources & Services Administration Health Workforce. What is shortage designation? Accessed May 13, 2021. https://bhw.hrsa.gov/workforce-shortage-areas/shortage-designation 3. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations. Part 5—designation of health professional(s) shortage areas. Accessed November...
The village doctors (predominantly males) and the CHWs (predominantly females) were mainly concentrated in the rural areas, while the paraprofessionals were concentrated in the urban areas. Other data revealed the number of faith/traditional healers, homeopaths (qualified and non-qualified) and basic ...
(Exhibit 1). While governments have often focused on one subsegment at a time, they may want to take a holistic view when building for the future by defining a potential workforce strategy for health professionals that caters to the needs of—and capitalizes on the s...