Global Leaders Speak Out for Health Workforce Partnerships

Sarah Dwyer — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:04:47 +0000

Health education in the global context
At the Accordia Foundation’s Health Workforce Partnership Symposium, held September 14 in Washington, DC, US Ambassador Dr. Eric Goosby noted three key points about health education.

1) The US Government (PEPFAR) is committed to building health capacity in developing countries; 2) Over the long term, country ownership and sustainable national capacity is critical to this effort; and 3) PEPFAR will be working with the Global Fund to merge planning processes, initially in 10 countries, and by implication this includes health workforce education.

Author's name:

Richard Seifman, guest blogger

Publication Date:

September 2010

Top Ten Myths about the Global Health Workforce Crisis Busted

CapacityPlus — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:27:30 +0000

Myth #1: It's mainly a numbers problem 

Actually the main problem is maldistribution of health workers: rural/urban, primary care/specialty.

Myth #2: Health worker migration has no victims 

Migration not only deprives the poorest countries of the health workers who migrate, but since the most qualified workers are the ones who migrate, it impairs countries’ ability to train replacements. A high percentage of the global health diaspora were professors in their home countries.

Myth #3: Developing-country health workers aren’t paid enough 

Health workers are consistently in the top wage earners in their countries and have little or no student loan burden. Their standard of living, although not the same as Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development physicians, is extremely high compared to their fellow citizens.

Author's name:

Kate Tulenko

Publication Date:

April 2010 (All day)