Global health workforce alliance: Increasing the momentum for health workforce development;Alianza mundial en pro del personal sanitario: Aumentando el impulso para el desarrollo de personal de la salud

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 298-307

  Afzal, Muhammad ^a   Cometto, Giorgio ^a   Rosskam, Ellen ^a   Sheikh, Mubashar ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health personnel; Health policy; Health systems; Human resources

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 80052173125     PISSN: 17264634     EISSN: 17264642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1726-46342011000200018     Document Type: Review

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