Abstract
The World Health Report 2006, Working together for health, recognized the centrality of the health workforce for the effective operation of country health systems and outlined proposals to tackle a global shortage of 4.3 million health workers. There is increasing evidence that that this shortage is interfering with efforts to achieve international development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration and those of WHO's priority programmes.
Highlights
WHO and the journal Education for Health and Human Resources for Health are accepting manuscripts for joint special issues addressing the critical need for a skilled, sustainable health workforce in the developing world
The World Health Report 2006, Working together for health, recognized the centrality of the health workforce for the effective operation of country health systems and outlined proposals to tackle a global shortage of 4.3 million health workers
What is the status of existing efforts to train health workers using innovative methods, including distance learning and various forms of information technology? How will training by protocol differ from, and complement, traditional community health worker training?
Summary
WHO and the journal Education for Health and Human Resources for Health are accepting manuscripts for joint special issues addressing the critical need for a skilled, sustainable health workforce in the developing world. Call for manuscripts: "Towards a scaling-up of training and education for health workers" Mario R Dal Poz1, Hugo Mercer1, Margaret Gadon2 and Daniel MP Shaw*1 Email: Mario R Dal Poz - dalpozm@who.int; Hugo Mercer - mercerh@who.int; Margaret Gadon - Margaret.Gadon@ama-assn.org; Daniel MP Shaw* - shawd@who.int * Corresponding author
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