An approach to estimating human resource requirements to achieve the Millennium Development Goals

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 267-276

  Dreesch, Norbert ^a,b   Dolea, Carmen ^a   Dal Poz, Mario R ^a   Goubarev, Alexandre ^a   Adams, Orvill ^a   Aregawi, Maru ^a,c,d   Bergstrom, Karin ^a,e   Fogstad, Helga ^a,f   Sheratt, Della ^a,b   Linkins, Jennifer ^a   Scherpbier, Robert ^a,f,g   Youssef Fox, Mayada ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Human Resources for Health ^*

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Public Health Administration

^f INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Health interventions; Health planning; HIV AIDS; Human resources for health; Malaria; Maternal health; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLITICS; SKILL;

HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 24044472423     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czi036     Document Type: Article

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