3 Issues We Can’t Ignore If We’re Going to Solve the Health Workforce Crisis
Today there is a global shortage of 7.2 million health workers. The World Health Organization and World Bank estimate that if we’re to have any chance of attaining universal access to health care by 2030, we’ll need to train and deploy 40-50 million new health and social care workers worldwide.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pape-amadou-gaye/3-issues-we-cant-ignore-if_b_9612698.html
Related WHO document. Global strategy on human resources for health: Workforce 2030
http://who.int/hrh/resources/global_strategyHRH.pdf?ua=1