Human resources: the Cinderella of health sector reform in Latin America

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities Sexual and Reproductive Health ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● and Health Sector Reform: in Latin America and the Caribbean Challenges and Opportunities

Health sector reform and reproductive health in Latin America and the Caribbean: strengthening the links.

Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are currently reforming their national health sectors and also implementing a comprehensive approach to reproductive health care. Three regional workshops to explore how health sector reform could improve reproductive health services have revealed the inherently complex, competing, and political nature of health sector reform and reproduct...

Human Resources Development: The Challenge of Health Sector Reform

Executive Summary p. 1 1. Introduction p. 10 2. The goals of health sector reform p. 14 3. The performance of the workforce in health and its determinants p. 16 4. Distortions in the production and utilization of HRH and their impact p. 18 5. Approaches to achieving the objectives of sector reform p. 27 6. The nature and objectives of HRD p. 34 7. The scope of HRD p. 35 8. Actors involved in HR...

Colombia and Cuba, contrasting models in Latin America's health sector reform.

Latin American national health systems were drastically overhauled by the health sector reforms the 1990s. Governments were urged by donors and by the international financial institutions to make major institutional changes, including the separation of purchaser and provider functions and privatization. This article first analyses a striking paradox of the far-reaching reform measures: contrary...

Have Health Human Resources Become More Equal Between Rural and Urban Areas after the New Reform?

The lack of health human resources is a global issue. China also faces the same issue, in addition to the equity of human resources allocation. With the launch of new healthcare reform of China in 2009, have the issues been improved? Relevant data from China Health Statistical Yearbook and a qualitative study show that the unequal allocation of health human resources is getting worse than before.