scholarly journals A mapping of health education institutions and programs in the WHO African Region

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Aaron N. Yarmoshuk ◽  
Pierre Abomo ◽  
Niamh Fitzgerald ◽  
Donald C. Cole ◽  
Arnaud Fontanet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Health Professional ◽  
Human Resources For Health ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Health Science ◽  
World Health ◽  
African Region ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
The World

Background: Information on health education institutions is required for planning, implementing and monitoring human resources for health strategies.  Details on the number, type and distribution of medical and health science programs offered by African higher education institutions remains scattered.  Methods: We merged and updated datasets of health professional and post-graduate programs to develop a mapping of health education institutions covering the World Health Organization African Region as of 2021. Results: Nine hundred and nine (909) institutions were identified in the 47 countries.  Together they offered 1,157 health professional programs (235 medicine, 718 nursing, 77 public health and 146 pharmacy) and 1,674 post-graduate programs (42 certificates, 1,152 Master’s and 480 PhDs). Regionally, East Africa had the most countries with multiple academic health science centres - institutions offering medical degrees and at least one other health professional program.  Among countries, South Africa had the most institutions and post-graduate programs with 182 and 596, respectfully.  A further five countries had between 53-105 institutions, 12 countries had between 10 and 37 institutions, and 28 countries had between one and eight institutions. One country had no institution. Countries with the largest populations and gross domestic products had significantly more health education institutions and produced more scientific research (ANOVA testing). Discussion: We envision an online database being made available in a visually attractive, user-friendly, open access format that nationally, registered institutions can add to and update.  This would serve the needs of trainees, administrators, planners and researchers alike and support the World Health Organization’s Global strategy on human resources for health: workforce 2030.

scholarly journals Professional health education and person centered medicine

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Juan E Mezzich ◽  
Marijana Braš ◽  
Veljko Dorđević ◽  
James Appleyard
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Health Professional ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Professional Education ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
The World ◽  
International College ◽  
And Training

Health professional education and training is a major concern and activity in the field of medicine. Thus, not surprisingly, a person- and people-centered approach to health professional education has been a continuous topic in programmatic international efforts aimed at placing the whole person at the center of medicine and health. This has been certainly the case in the endeavors of the International College of Person Centered Medicine (ICPCM) through events such as its Geneva Conferences and International Congresses and its publications, particularly the International Journal of Person Centered Medicine. Further reflecting the ICPCM’s educational priorities have been institutional collaboration with the educational units of the World Health Organization, the consistent engagement of the World Federation for Medical Education and the International Association of Medical Colleges, and the increasing collaboration with distinguished academic institutions around the world. The First International Congress of the International College of Person Centered Medicine in Zagreb had as main theme Whole Person Health Education and Training. This event and its proceedings are highlighted in this editorial, which then briefly introduces the papers included in the present issue of the Journal.

scholarly journals Infectious disease outbreaks in the African region: overview of events reported to the World Health Organization in 2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Mboussou ◽  
P. Ndumbi ◽  
R. Ngom ◽  
Z. Kassamali ◽  
O. Ogundiran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Disease Onset ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Case Fatality ◽  
World Health ◽  
African Region ◽  
Regional Office ◽  
Member States ◽  
Infectious Disease Outbreaks ◽  
The World

Abstract The WHO African region is characterised by the largest infectious disease burden in the world. We conducted a retrospective descriptive analysis using records of all infectious disease outbreaks formally reported to the WHO in 2018 by Member States of the African region. We analysed the spatio-temporal distribution, the notification delay as well as the morbidity and mortality associated with these outbreaks. In 2018, 96 new disease outbreaks were reported across 36 of the 47 Member States. The most commonly reported disease outbreak was cholera which accounted for 20.8% (n = 20) of all events, followed by measles (n = 11, 11.5%) and Yellow fever (n = 7, 7.3%). About a quarter of the outbreaks (n = 23) were reported following signals detected through media monitoring conducted at the WHO regional office for Africa. The median delay between the disease onset and WHO notification was 16 days (range: 0–184). A total of 107 167 people were directly affected including 1221 deaths (mean case fatality ratio (CFR): 1.14% (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.07%–1.20%)). The highest CFR was observed for diseases targeted for eradication or elimination: 3.45% (95% CI 0.89%–10.45%). The African region remains prone to outbreaks of infectious diseases. It is therefore critical that Member States improve their capacities to rapidly detect, report and respond to public health events.

COVID-19 epidemic in The World Health Organization African Region (WHOAR): Situation and forecast

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 1320-1338
Author(s):  
Jose Luis Hernandez Caceres ◽  
Graham Wright ◽  
Berhanu Dibaba Kumma ◽  
Frank Verbeke ◽  
Yury Nechipurenko
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
African Region ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

scholarly journals Human Resources in Healthcare and Health Outcomes in India

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-159
Author(s):  
Venkatanarayana Motkuri ◽  
Udaya S. Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Human Resources For Health ◽  
Size Composition ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
World Health ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Minimum Requirement

Human resources for health including health professionals and skilled health workers are crucial in shaping health outcomes. But the shortage of human resources in healthcare services is a reality and hence it has been a cause of concern in lower-middle income countries like India. The present exercise based on census data is a situation analysis of size, composition and distribution of human resources available in the Indian healthcare services. It also explores the relationship between educational development and health workers availability alongside the association between density of health workers and health outcomes across states of India. It is observed that despite the remarkable improvement in health workers density particularly during 2001–2011, the country is falling short of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) need-based minimum requirement (4.45 health workers per 1,000 population) of health workers. The exploratory verification asserts that there is a significant and strong positive relationship/association between the density of health workers and health outcomes.

Whither Goest Nutrition?

1986 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marsden G. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
World Health Organisation ◽  
Health Science ◽  
World Health ◽  
Human Metabolism ◽  
The World ◽  
Reductionist Approach

Three aspects of nutrition are identified. They are food, its production and availability, eating, human metabolism. Nutrition is multifactorial. Medical men are not taught about nutrition. They are concerned with illness, not health. Science, caught up in a Cartesian dichotomy, is hampered by a reductionist approach. The World Health Organisation recommends that nutrition should be approached from the standpoint of health promotion. The implications of such an approach are expounded.

scholarly journals Stem Cell Management is a Novel Innovation in the Health Care Sector. The Study Based on Research Conducted by Professionals in the Field

2021 ◽  
pp. 253-262
Author(s):  
Swati Chaudhary ◽  
Supriti Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Health Professional ◽  
Health Care Industry ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
World Health ◽  
Care Industry ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World

Background: A physician offers treatments to prevent, treat, and manage sickness and to maintain mental and physical well-being. According to the World Health Organization, health care includes all raw materials and services aimed to enhance health, including "preventative health, therapeutic, and supportive interventions, either aimed to people either to nations." Stem cell is one of the innovations of health care industry. Stem cells are used to treat over 130 diseases throughout the world, and more than 500 clinical trials are ongoing to develop stem cell treatments. Henceforth, this paper aim is to enhance the stem cell role in health care industry and to find the health professional attitude towards stem cell management. Methods: For the study purpose both primary and secondary data are used. The cross sectional study conducted among 140 doctors of the Delhi-NCR for the primary data. The secondary data collected from records of the WHO, various journals, scientific study and clinical trials. The data were analysis by the using the correlation and t-test by SPSS 21 software to find the attitude of doctors towards stem cell management. Results: The study found that 97% of doctors are aware about the stem cell and 86% doctors have knowledge about the sources of stem cell and only 25% doctors collect the stem cell from umbilical cord. The study determine that the attitude of the health professional are positive towards stem cell management in India and they need government takes necessary action to developed the stem cell management for better health sector in India. Conclusions: Thus it can be concluded that with the increases of the cases the scientists try to find the use of stem cell in the treatment of various diseases. It does clearly indicate that stem cell boost the immune system. The data analysis of the study confirms that doctors in India have a positive view toward stem cell management. As a result, if sufficient initiative is made by healthcare professionals and the government, stem cell management has a wide range of adoption and acceptance opportunities.

scholarly journals Personnel Policy and Practice: Sustainable Management of Pharmacy, Pharmacists and Pharmaceuticals and How to Bridge the Gap in Human Resources for Health

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Human Resources For Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Medical Council ◽  
Pharmacy Services ◽  
Spare Capacity ◽  
The Public

Worldwide there are different systems for providing pharmacy services. Most countries have some element of state assistance, either for all patients or selected groups such as children, and some private provisions. Medicines are financed either through cost sharing or full private. The role of the private services is therefore much more significant. Nationally, there is a mismatch between the numbers of pharmacists and where are they worked, and the demand for pharmacy services. The position is exacerbated locally where in some areas of poor; there is a real need for pharmacy services, which is not being met and where pharmacists have little spare capacity. Various changes within the health-care system require serious attention be given to the pharmacy human resources need. In order to stem the brain drain of pharmacists, it is, however, necessary to have accurate information regarding the reasons that make the pharmacists emigrate to the private sector. Such knowledge is an essential in making of informed decisions regarding the retention of qualified, skilled pharmacists in the public sector for long time. There are currently 3000 pharmacists registered with the Sudan Medical Council of whom only 10% are working with the government. The pharmacist: population ratio indicates there is one pharmacist for every 11,433 inhabitants in Sudan, compared to the World Health Organisation (WHO) average for industrialised countries of one pharmacist for 2,300 inhabitants. The situation is particularly problematic in the Southern states where there is no pharmacist at all. The distribution of pharmacists indicates the majority are concentrated in Khartoum state. When population figures are taken into consideration all states except Khartoum and Gezira states are under served compared to the WHO average. This mal-distribution requires serious action as majority of the population is served in the public sector. This study reveals the low incentives, poor working conditions, job dissatisfaction and lack of professional development programmes as main reasons for the immigration to the private-sector. The objective of this communication is to highlight and provide an overview of the reasons that lead to the immigration of the public sector pharmacists to the private-sector in Sudan. The survey has been carried out in September 2014. Data gathered by the questionnaires were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 12.0 for windows. The result have been evaluated and tabulated in this study. The data presented in this theme can be considered as nucleus information for executing research and development for pharmacists and pharmacy. More measures must be introduced to attract pharmacists into the public sector. The emerging crisis in pharmacy human resources requires significant additional effort to gather knowledge and dependable data that can inform reasonable, effective, and coordinated responses from government, industry, and professional associations.

scholarly journals The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on measles surveillance in the World Health Organisation African Region, 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Balcha Masresha ◽  
Richard Luce ◽  
Reggis Katsande ◽  
Annick Dosseh ◽  
Patricia Tanifum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organisation ◽  
World Health ◽  
African Region ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Together the voice of nurses worldwide

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
Annette Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources For Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Effective Care ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Voice ◽  
System Effectiveness ◽  
Significant Shortage

The world is in a critical period of time in relation to human resources for health. One of the most significant obstacles for achieving health system effectiveness is the availability of a skilled health workforce, particularly nurses. The World Health Organization estimates that there is a significant shortage of nurses all over the world. Nurses are the main professional component of the ‘front line’ staff in the majority of health systems and their contribution is recognised as essential to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and delivering safe, accessible and effective care. A shortage in the nursing workforce will lead to a failure to maintain or improve health care (Buchan & Aiken, 2008).

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