WHO recommendations optimizing health worker roles to improve access to key maternal and newborn health interventions through task shifting
The World Health Organization's recommendations on optimizing the roles of health workers aim to help address critical health workforce shortages that slow down progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals. A more rational distribution of tasks and responsibilities among cad...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Geneva
World Health Organization
[2012], 2012
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| Collection: | National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The World Health Organization's recommendations on optimizing the roles of health workers aim to help address critical health workforce shortages that slow down progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals. A more rational distribution of tasks and responsibilities among cadres of health workers can significantly improve both access and cost-effectiveness - for example by training and enabling mid-level' and lay' health workers to perform specific interventions otherwise provided only by cadres with longer (and sometimes more specialized) training. These recommendations are intended for health policy-makers, managers and other stakeholders at a regional, national and international level. WHO hopes that countries will adapt and implement them to meet local needs. The recommendations were developed through a formal, structured process including a thorough review of available evidence. The process and the recommendations are described in the related documents |
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| Item Description: | Title from PDF t.p. - "OPTIMIZEMNH.". - Work on this guidance was initiated by A. Metin Gülmezoglu (Department of Reproductive Health and Research, WHO), Matthews Mathai, Rajiv Bahl, and Blerta Maliqi (Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, WHO), and Carmen Dolea (Health Policy, Development and Services, WHO) |
| Physical Description: | 1 PDF file (viii, 87 pages) illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9789241504843 |