Health for All: A Challenge to Research in Health Manpower Development

Health manpower: challenge for the Eighties.

It was Edmund Burke who, after the French Revolution, wrote, "But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded, and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever." I suppose that the presence of an economist on this program-in fact of two economists-might lead some to contend that the glory of medicine is similarly extinguished. There are in fact thos...

Health manpower development in Bayelsa State, Nigeria

BACKGROUND Health manpower is one of the critical factors in the development of a region. This is because health is an index of development. Bayelsa State has a low level of health manpower. Thus, in this study, we sought to identify factors necessary for effective development of health manpower. METHODS Three methods were used to gather information, ie, face-to-face interviews, postal survey...

Adolescent Pregnancy: A Health Challenge

Every year, some 3.9 million girls aged 15 to 19 years undergo unsafe abortions (1). Approximately 16 million girls aged 15 to 19 years and 2.5 million girls under 16 years give birth each year in developing regions (2, 3). Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death for 15 to 19 year-old girls globally (4). Adolescent mothers (ages 10 to 19 years) face higher r...

Health research investments: a challenge for National Public Health Associations. .

Trends in health manpower.