The health workforce crisis in Bangladesh: Shortage, inappropriate skill-mix and inequitable distribution

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ahmed, Syed Masud ^a   Hossain, Md Awlad ^a   RajaChowdhury, Ahmed Mushtaque ^b   Bhuiya, Abbas Uddin ^c  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^b BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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EID: 78651567218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-9-3     Document Type: Article

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