Rebuilding human resources for health: a case study from Liberia

Rebuilding human resources for health: a case study from Liberia

INTRODUCTION Following twenty years of economic and social growth, Liberia's fourteen-year civil war destroyed its health system, with most of the health workforce leaving the country. Following the inauguration of the Sirleaf administration in 2006, the Ministry of Health & Social Welfare (MOHSW) has focused on rebuilding, with an emphasis on increasing the size and capacity of its human resou...

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