Human resources: the Cinderella of health sector reform in Latin America

Human resources: the Cinderella of health sector reform in Latin America

Human resources are the most important assets of any health system, and health workforce problems have for decades limited the efficiency and quality of Latin America health systems. World Bank-led reforms aimed at increasing equity, efficiency, quality of care and user satisfaction did not attempt to resolve the human resources problems that had been identified in multiple health sector assess...

Health sector reform and reproductive health in Latin America and the Caribbean: strengthening the links.

Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are currently reforming their national health sectors and also implementing a comprehensive approach to reproductive health care. Three regional workshops to explore how health sector reform could improve reproductive health services have revealed the inherently complex, competing, and political nature of health sector reform and reproduct...

The implications of health sector reform for human resources development.

The authors argue that "health for all" is not achievable in most countries without health sector reform that incorporates a process of coordinated health and human resources development. They examine the situation in countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region of the World Health Organization. Though advances have been made, further progress is inhibited by the limited adaptation of traditio...

Human Resources Development: The Challenge of Health Sector Reform

Executive Summary p. 1 1. Introduction p. 10 2. The goals of health sector reform p. 14 3. The performance of the workforce in health and its determinants p. 16 4. Distortions in the production and utilization of HRH and their impact p. 18 5. Approaches to achieving the objectives of sector reform p. 27 6. The nature and objectives of HRD p. 34 7. The scope of HRD p. 35 8. Actors involved in HR...

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities Sexual and Reproductive Health ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● and Health Sector Reform: in Latin America and the Caribbean Challenges and Opportunities