Agnes Soucat, Richard Scheffler with Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, editors
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, DC :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2013]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xxiv, 356 pages :
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illustrations ;
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23 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Directions in development. Human development
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references
CONTENTS NOTE
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Labor markets analysis of human resources for health -- Needs-based estimates for the health workforce -- A labor market approach -- Productivity of health workers : Tanzania -- Health worker performance -- Fiscal issues in scaling up the health workforce -- Politics and governance in human resources for health -- How many health workers -- Rural/urban imbalance of health workers in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Migration and attrition -- Public and private practice of health workers -- The equity perspective -- Incentives for provider performance -- Intrinsic motivation -- Facility-level human resource management -- Health worker education and training -- Becoming a health worker student -- Paying for higher education reform in health
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Sub-Saharan Africa has only 12 percent of the global population, yet this region accounts for 50 percent of child deaths, more than 60 percent of maternal deaths, 85 percent of malaria cases, and close to 67 percent of people living with HIV. Sub-Saharan Africa, however, has the lowest number of health workers in the world-significantly fewer than in South Asia, which is at a comparable level of economic development. The Labor Market for Health Workers in Africa uses the analytical tools of labor markets to examine the human resource crisis in health from an economic perspective. Africa's labo
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Medical personnel-- Supply and demand-- Africa, Sub-Saharan
Health Manpower-- Africa South of the Sahara
Health Personnel-- education-- Africa South of the Sahara
Health Personnel-- organization & administration-- Africa South of the Sahara