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...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.展开更多
文摘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.