Tackling Workforce Constraints : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization

Tackling Workforce Constraints : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization

By 2050, sixty-eight percent of the world's population is expected to live in urban areas. As countries grow and urbanize, their disease burden shifts toward noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Health workers must consequently expand the services...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
HEALTH WORKERS
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
URBANIZATION
URBAN POVERTY
NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
NURSING TRAINING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/456481560327283795/Tackling-Workforce-Constraints-for-Equitable-Care-Amidst-Growth-and-Urbanization
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spelling okr-10986-318612021-05-25T10:54:39Z Tackling Workforce Constraints : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization World Bank Group HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY PRIMARY HEALTH CARE URBANIZATION URBAN POVERTY NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP NURSING TRAINING By 2050, sixty-eight percent of the world's population is expected to live in urban areas. As countries grow and urbanize, their disease burden shifts toward noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Health workers must consequently expand the services they offer to include NCD prevention and control, while also providing access to high-quality services for infectious diseases. The growth of the private sector can exacerbate, rather than ameliorate, workforce shortages since its comparatively higher wages often motivate workers to leave the public sector. At the same time, the private sector can help fill gaps in specialist positions such as pharmacists and laboratory workers. 2019-06-13T18:28:48Z 2019-06-13T18:28:48Z 2018-10 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/456481560327283795/Tackling-Workforce-Constraints-for-Equitable-Care-Amidst-Growth-and-Urbanization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31861 English FLF Evidence Brief Series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Kenya Uganda
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topic HEALTH WORKERS
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
URBANIZATION
URBAN POVERTY
NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
NURSING TRAINING
spellingShingle HEALTH WORKERS
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
URBANIZATION
URBAN POVERTY
NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
NURSING TRAINING
World Bank Group
Tackling Workforce Constraints : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
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description By 2050, sixty-eight percent of the world's population is expected to live in urban areas. As countries grow and urbanize, their disease burden shifts toward noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Health workers must consequently expand the services they offer to include NCD prevention and control, while also providing access to high-quality services for infectious diseases. The growth of the private sector can exacerbate, rather than ameliorate, workforce shortages since its comparatively higher wages often motivate workers to leave the public sector. At the same time, the private sector can help fill gaps in specialist positions such as pharmacists and laboratory workers.
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title Tackling Workforce Constraints : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
title_short Tackling Workforce Constraints : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
title_full Tackling Workforce Constraints : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
title_fullStr Tackling Workforce Constraints : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
title_full_unstemmed Tackling Workforce Constraints : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
title_sort tackling workforce constraints : for equitable care amidst rapid growth and urbanization
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/456481560327283795/Tackling-Workforce-Constraints-for-Equitable-Care-Amidst-Growth-and-Urbanization
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