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Human Resources for Health
Articles & Media
Providing the Providers – Remedying Africa's Shortage of Health Care Workers.
Kumar, P. NEJM; 2007 Jun 21;356(25). [free full text]
Doctors and soccer players: African professionals on the move.
Mullan, F. NEJM 2007;356(5),440-43. [free full text]
American Medical Education 100 Years after the Flexner Report.
Cooke, M., Irby, D.M., Sullivan, W. & Ludmerer, KM. NEJM 2006; 355(13),1339-44. [free full text]
Fight AIDS as well as the brain drain.
Feeley, F. Lancet 2006;368(9534),435-6.
Not enough there, too many here: Understanding geographical imbalances in the distribution of the health workforce.
Dussalt, G. Franceschini, MC. Human Resources for Health 2006;4(12). [free full text]
The metrics of the physician brain drain.
Mullan, F. NEJM 2005; 353(17)1810-18. [free full text]
Fatal Flows: Doctors on the Move.
Chen, LC Boufford, JI. NEJM 2005;353(17)1850-2. [free full text]
Wastage in the health workforce: some perspectives from African countries.
Dovlo, D. Human Resources for Health 2005;3(6). [free full text]
Doctors for the (developing) world.
Frank, M. Reed, G. MEDICC Review. 2005;7(8):2-4. [free full text]
Where there were no doctors: First MDs graduate from Latin American Medical School.
Reed, G. MEDICC Review. 2005;7(8):28-30. [free full text]
The migration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States of America: Measures of the African brain drain.
Hagopian, A. Thompson, MJ. Fordyce, M. Johnson, KE. Hart, LG. Human Resources for Health 2004;2(17). [free full text]
Books & Reports
Help Wanted: Confronting the health care worker crisis to expand access to HIV/AIDS treatment: MSF experience in southern Africa.
Medicins Sans Frontieres. May 2007: Johannesburg. [free full text]
New Data on African Health Professionals Abroad.
Clemens, MA. Pettersson, G. Center for Global Development, Working Paper No 95 Feb 2007. [free full text]
Diversity in the Physician Workforce: Facts and Figures, 2006.
Association of American Medical Colleges. Washington DC; 2006. [free full text]
World health report 2006: Working together for health.
World Health Organization. Geneva; 2006. [free full text]
The Rationale for Diversity in the Health Professions: A Review of the Evidence
US Department of Health & Human Services; Oct 2006. [free full text]
Health Human Resources: Trends in the Americas: Evidence for Action.
Cameron, R. PAHO Observatory of Human Resources in Health; Sept 2006. [free full text]
Doctors in a Divided Society: A study of the profession and education of medical practitioners in South Africa.
Breier, M. Human Sciences Research Council; June 13, 2006. [free full text]
The Supply of Physician Services in OECD Countries.
Simoens, S. Hurst, J. OECD Working Papers No. 21; Jan 2006. [free full text]
Minorities Students in Medical Education: Facts & Figures. 2005.
Association of American Medical Colleges; Spring 2005. [free full text]
Global Shortage of Registered Nurses.
Buchan, J. Calman, L. International Council of Nurses; Geneva: 2004. [free full text]
In the Nation's Compelling Interest: Ensuring Diversity in the Health Workforce.
Institute of Medicine; 2004.
Joint Learning Initiative (2004). Human resources for health: Overcoming the crisis.
Joint Learning Initiative; 2004. [free full text]
Missing Persons: Minorities in the Health Professions.
Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Health Care Workforce; Sep 2004. [free full text]
Links
American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
Global Health Workforce Alliance
Medical School Scholarship Program at ELAM – Part of the IFCO/Pastors for Peace organization, this is for US students wishing to learn more and apply to the school.
National Hispanic Medical Association
Official ELAM website
PAHO Observatory of Human Resources in Health
Student National Medical Association (SNMA)
Strengthening Human Resources for Health - This course from the Harvard School of Public Health is designed to enable health officials and staff to formulate country strategies to reach the Millennium Developments.
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