Abstract Background The World Health Organization defines a “critical shortage” of health
workers as being fewer than 2.28 health workers per 1000 population and failing to attain …

Background Hypertension, the leading single cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, is
a growing public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Few studies have estimated …

Background Africa bears 24% of the global burden of disease but has only 3% of the world's
health workers. Substantial variation in health worker performance adds to the negative …

Background Interventions to reduce child deaths in Africa have often underachieved,
causing the Millennium Development Goal targets to be missed. We assessed whether a …

Background There are many health professionals from abroad working in the European
Union and in Austria. The situation of sub-Saharan health workers in particular has now …

Background An adequate health workforce force is central to universal health coverage and
positive public health outcomes. However many African countries have critical shortages of …

Background: Health policy-makers in Africa are looking for local solutions to strengthen
primary care teams. A South African national position paper (2015) described six …

Background The emerging global issue of climate change has large‐scale effects on health
and well‐being, including communication disorders. The broad range of the speech and …

Background Many low-income and middle-income countries globally are now pursuing
ambitious plans for universal primary care, but are failing to deliver adequate care quality …

The 2016 United Nations-led High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic
Growth found a nine-dollar return to a one-dollar investment in health, with opportunity for …