摘要
Despite policies for addressing shortages and maldistribution of health professionals,sub-Saharan Africa continues to experience shortages and maldistribution of skilled health professionals.Policies such as return-of service schemes or state-funded educational initiatives do not seem to be achieving their intended objectives,potentially due to poor design,implementation;and lack of monitoring and evaluation of the strategies.A focus by global health experts on strengthening and reformulating educational initiatives offers potential for producing,retaining and recruiting health professionals.
