Human resources in humanitarian health working group report

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL.2, 2009, Pages

  Janneck, Laura ^a   Cooper, Nicholas ^a   Frehywot, Seble ^b   Mowafi, Hani ^c   Hein, Karen ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

accreditation; community health worker; competency; human resources; humanitarian health; resources; task shifting

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ACCREDITATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 73949121495     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00021567     Document Type: Article

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