Publication: Tackling Workforce Constraints: For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
Date
2018-10
ISSN
Published
2018-10
Author(s)
World Bank Group
Abstract
By 2050, sixty-eight percent of the
world's population is expected to live in urban areas.
As countries grow and urbanize, their disease burden shifts
toward noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Health workers must
consequently expand the services they offer to include NCD
prevention and control, while also providing access to
high-quality services for infectious diseases. The growth of
the private sector can exacerbate, rather than ameliorate,
workforce shortages since its comparatively higher wages
often motivate workers to leave the public sector. At the
same time, the private sector can help fill gaps in
specialist positions such as pharmacists and laboratory workers.
Citation
“World Bank Group. 2018. Tackling Workforce Constraints : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization. FLF Evidence Brief Series;. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/31861 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”