Estimates Of Health Care Professional Shortages In Sub-Saharan Africa By 2015

This paper uses a forecasting model to estimate the need for, supply of, and shortage of doctors, nurses, and midwives in thirty-nine African countries for 2015, the target date of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. We forecast that thirty-one countries will experience needs-based shor...

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Main Authors: Scheffler, R. M., Mahoney, C. B., Fulton, B. D., Dal Poz, M. R., Preker, A. S.
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5338