A competent health workforce is a vital resource for health services delivery, dictating the
extent to which services are capable of responding to health needs. In the context of the …

Health human resources are crucial for healthcare, and better workforce governance is
increasingly recognized as burning policy issue. In Europe, the healthcare sector is …

Health workforce needs have moved up on the reform agendas, but policymaking often
remains 'piece-meal work'and does not respond to the complexity of health workforce …

There is growing recognition that the progressive realization of universal health coverage
(UHC) is dependent on a sufficient, equitably distributed and well performing health …

Background Health workforce governance has been proposed as key to improving health
services delivery, yet few studies have examined the conceptualisation of health workforce …

Background Research on practical and effective governance of the health workforce is
limited. This paper examines health system strengthening as it occurs in the intersection …

Finding more efficient, innovative and responsive ways of engaging the health workforce to
manage patients is key to ensuring integrated care. Systems that are transforming their …

The importance of a sustainable health workforce is increasingly recognised. However, the
building of a future health workforce that is responsive to diverse population needs and …

Problem In the 1970s, Thailand was a low-income country with poor health indicators and
low health service coverage. The local health infrastructure was especially weak. Approach …

This book analyses how the current regulatory processes and practices related to key
aspects of the management of the health professions may facilitate or inhibit the …