Global Shortage of Health Workers, Brain Drain Stress Developing Countries


 
Language:

English

Author:

Kuehn BM

Series/Journal Title:

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volume:

298

Issue:

16

Description:

A worldwide shortage of health care workers, coupled with a disproportionate concentration of health workers in developed nations and urban areas, stands in the way of achieving such key public health priorities as reducing child and maternal mortality, increasing vaccine coverage, and battling epidemics such as HIV/AIDS. [author’s description]

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