The study of the health workforce has gained in prominence in recent years, as the dynamic
interconnections between human resource issues and health system effectiveness have …

Context That few data are available on the characteristics of medical schools or on trends
within medical education internationally constitutes a major challenge when developing …

Human resources are the crucial core of a health system, but they have been a neglected
component of health-system development. The demands on health systems have escalated …

Background The objective of this paper is to describe the numbers, characteristics, and
trends in the migration to the United States of physicians trained in sub-Saharan Africa …

Kathryn Chu and colleagues discuss the impact of high-income country investigators
conducting research in low-and middle-income countries and explore lessons from the …

Turning the World Upside Down is a search to understand what is happening and what it
means for us all. It is based on Nigel Crisp's own journey from running the largest health …

Without strengthened health systems, significant access to antiretroviral (ARV) therapy in
many developing countries is unlikely to be achieved. This paper reflects on systemic …

Frameworks can clarify concepts and improve understanding of underlying mechanisms in
the domain of health systems research and strengthening. Many existing frameworks have a …

Summary § This paper should be read in association with its companion paper on migration
and human rights (Bueno de Mesquita and Gordon 2005). Human rights discussed there …

OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the reliability of applying the WHO Cardiovascular Risk
Management Package by non-physician health-care workers (NPHWs) in typical primary …