The ability to forecast manpower requirements is crucial for an industry. On the demand side, companies rely on these forecasts to formulate their manpower planning strategies, while, on the supply side, they provide job seekers with a basis to assess the attractiveness of a given sector. Forecasts of supply and demand for manpower also make an important contribution to the governmental policy-...

Cite this article: Akin Oyemakinde, Patrick Nguku, Rebecca Babirye, Sheba Gitta, Peter Nsubuga, Joseph Nyager, Abdulsalami Nasidi. Building a public health workforce in Nigeria through experiential training. Pan Afr Med J. 2014;18(Supp 1):1

Japan and South Korea both have relatively high rates of research misconduct in the biomedical sciences. These two countries also share other relevant characteristics, including being latecomers to ethics having hierarchical cultures competitive environments. Given these similarities, can learn from Japan’s efforts eradicate misconduct. In 2010s, after experiencing several high-profile cases mi...

Manpower is a highly critical resource in many industries. It is not surprising that organizations place substantial investment into manpower management matters. Manpower rostering, which addresses the issues of employing, allocating and scheduling manpower resources to meet operational demands, is at the heart of the manpower management cycle. Rostering is a particularly prominent activity i...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the attitudes, experiences and beliefs of advanced-level public health nutritionists with respect to public health nutrition workforce composition, core functions, competency requirements and existing workforce capacity. DESIGN Qualitative study using structured interviews. SETTING Australia. SUBJECTS Forty-one advanced-level public health nutritionists employed ...

Nursing manpower plays an important role in care quality and health promotion. So any health care organization without an efficient nursing unit is not expected to survive for a long time. This study was conducted to estimate the number of the necessary nursing manpower for the selected hospitals according to the proposed model by the Iran ministry of health.This research is a cross wardal stud...

In the public health field, there is an identified need to develop the public health workforce strategically to meet the needs of a changing public health landscape. The "core competencies" that support the implementation of the core functions of public health must be tied to the mission and goals of the agency or program, and examined in light of the specific population health concerns they ar...