Human resources: critical factor for primary health networks

[Critical challenges for human resources in health: a regional view].

This text presents the context and background, the methodology and some of the main results of the regional consultation on the critical challenges for human resources in health in the Americas. The Consultation, carried out in June and July 2005, was part of the strategy of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) for the organization of the VII Regional Meeting of the Observatories of ...

[Human resources for health].

El mundo enfrenta una crisis de recursos humanos en salud, la cual afecta particularmente a países en vías de desarrollo. De acuerdo al Informe sobre la salud en el mundo del 2006 (1), existe un grupo de 57 países, la mayoría de ellos africanos, con deficiencias críticas en la cantidad de personal de salud. El Perú posee el triste privilegio de ser el único país sudamericano considerado en este...

Human Resources for Health

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Human resources for health policies: a critical component in health policies

In the last few years, increasing attention has been paid to the development of health policies. But side by side with the presumed benefits of policy, many analysts share the opinion that a major drawback of health policies is their failure to make room for issues of human resources. Current approaches in human resources suggest a number of weaknesses: a reactive, ad hoc attitude towards probl...

The Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda: A Response to Recent Commentaries