The Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda - A New Partnership
The Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda - A New Partnership
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DOI：
10.1056/nejmsr1302176
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发表时间：
2013-11-21
影响因子：
158.5
通讯作者：
Goosby, Eric
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作者：
Binagwaho, Agnes;Kyamanywa, Patrick;Goosby, Eric
作者讨论了卫生人力资源计划，该计划正在努力通过与美国医学院、护理、牙科和公共卫生学院的持续合作来提高卢旺达卫生专业人员的质量和数量。全球缺少430万卫生专业人员，这对全世界贫困人口从现代医学成果中受益构成了一个主要瓶颈。(1)在现有的卫生专业人员中，在技能水平和地理分布方面也存在令人震惊的不平等。(2)-(4)不出所料，各国在卫生人力资源方面的最大差距与较差的人口水平的健康结果是平行的。(1)撒哈拉以南非洲承担着全球24%的疾病负担(5)，但只有4%的全球卫生劳动力得到服务。(1)该地区的卫生研究生院面临着压倒性的资金、基础设施和人员限制，限制了他们解决问题的能力。
The authors discuss the Human Resources for Health Program, which is working to improve the quality and quantity of health professionals in Rwanda by means of sustained collaborations with U.S. schools of medicine, nursing, dentistry, and public health. A global shortage of 4.3 million health professionals poses a major bottleneck to poor people worldwide with regard to benefiting from the fruits of modern medicine.(1) Among existing health professionals, there are also staggering inequities in skill levels and geographic distribution.(2)-(4) Unsurprisingly, the deepest national gaps in human resources for health run parallel to poor population-level health outcomes.(1) Sub-Saharan Africa bears 24% of the global burden of disease(5) but is served by only 4% of the global health workforce.(1) The health graduate schools in the region face overwhelming financial, infrastructural, and personnel constraints, limiting their ability to address the ...