Non-communicable chronic diseases including mental disorders contribute significantly to the world health burden according to World Health Organization (WHO). Common mental disorders, neurological diseases and HIV related mental disorders are under-diagnosed and cause significant morbidity. Mental health has faced the challenge of lack of the necessary cadres such as psychiatrists, primary care...

background: during the one-year period from may 2008 to may 2009, a nationwide shortage developed which rabies vaccine was not being produced by the manufacturers. in order to manage existing supply, a protocol was established wherein an authorization was required from the regional poison center before vaccine could be administered to a patient. methods: the georgia poison center internal datab...

Each of the countries of the Americas probably has a different set of problems and priorities in health manpower. One hopes, however, that there is sufficient common ground to enable us to learn by sharing our experiences, if for no other reason than to avoid repeating each other’s mistakes. To my knowledge, Canada does not have the answers to the really fundamental questions of , health manpow...

BACKGROUND Although rates of maternal and neonatal mortality have decreased in many countries over the last two decades, they remain unacceptably high, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Nevertheless, we know little about the quality of facility-based maternal and newborn care in low-income countries and little about the association between quality of care and health worker training, supervisi...

Over at least the last twenty years, the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) has given attention and priority to increasing the number of underrepresented minority (URM) dental school applicants, enrollees, and faculty members and to meeting the challenges of achieving diversity in the oral health workforce of the future as racial and ethnic minorities continue to grow and are expected...

BACKGROUND Access to rural health services is compromised in many countries including Australia due to workforce shortages. The issues that consequently impact on equity of access and sustainability of rural and remote health services are complex. DISCUSSION The purpose of this paper is to describe a number of approaches from the literature that could form the basis of a more integrated appro...

This article examined the critical elements that have been identified in the development of advanced practice roles of nurses in four countries: Brazil, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Several sociopolitical and professional forces were examined for possible insights and ways in which they may have shaped the development and evolution of the roles of advanced prac...

The 'crisis in human resources' in the health sector has been described as one of the most pressing global health issues of our time. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the world faces a global shortage of almost 4.3 million doctors, midwives, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. A global undersupply of these threatens the quality and sustainability of health systems worl...

Nursing manpower plays an important role in care quality and health promotion. So any health care organization without an efficient nursing unit is not expected to survive for a long time. This study was conducted to estimate the number of the necessary nursing manpower for the selected hospitals according to the proposed model by the Iran ministry of health.This research is a cross wardal stud...