Public health workforce: challenges and policy issues
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Public health workforce: challenges and policy issues
This paper reviews the challenges facing the public health workforce in developing countries and the main policy issues that must be addressed in order to strengthen the public health workforce. The public health workforce is diverse and includes all those whose prime responsibility is the provision of core public health activities, irrespective of their organizational base. Although the public...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Resources for Health
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1478-4491
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-1-4