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  Efforts underway to stem "brain drain" of doctors and nurses

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2005

  This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) outlines actions that are being taken to combat the problem of developing countries losing healthcare professionals through migration to wealthier countries.
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  Scaling up HIV/AIDS care: service delivery and human resources perspectives

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) outlines the results of a study into the human resources implications of delivering anti-retroviral therapy (ART) to those affected by HIV and AIDS.
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  Scaling up access to antiretroviral treatment in southern Africa: who will do the job?

  The Lancet, 2005

  This paper, published in the Lancet, examines plans for scaling up antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV-positive people in Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa. It reports that a lack of human resources for health, rather than financial resources, is regarded as the main obstacle to implementing national treatment plans in these countries.
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  Scaling-up anti-retroviral treatment (ART) and the health system in southern Africa

  Eldis HIV and AIDS Resource Guide, 2005

  This note, prepared for a UNAIDS workshop on Vulnerability and AIDS, provides a number of observations and opinions on the feasibility of scaling up anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa. The document reviews lessons learned from various hospitals and health centres delivering ART in southern Africa, and highlights considerable human resource constraints.
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  Human resources: international context: Chapter 6 of the South African Health Review 2005

  Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2005

  This chapter, from the South African Health Review 2005, reviews human resources for health in South Africa from an international perspective. It highlights the vast inequities in global and regional distribution of health workers and briefly examines those factors affecting human resource development.
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  HIV/AIDS and human resources

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2005

  This editorial, from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO), explores how the AIDS epidemic is impacting on human resources within health systems. HIV and AIDS have been described as a triple threat to human resources for health (HRH). Firstly, they increase the burden of disease, imposing heavier workloads.
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  Human resources for health and the global HIV/AIDS pandemic

  Physicians for Human Rights, 2005

  This testimony to the United States (US) House International Relations Committee by Physicians for Human Rights, outlines the impact of HIV and AIDS on human resources for health (HRH) in Africa and suggests how the US government could help to address these issues. The author outlines the health worker shortage in Africa due to lack of funding for public health and the brain drain.
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  Role of traditional birth attendants in preventing perinatal transmission of HIV

  British Medical Journal, 2002

  This article, from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) explores how traditional birth attendants could be involved in preventing perinatal transmission of HIV. Rich nations have been able to keep these rates low with the use of anti-retroviral drugs, elective caesarean sections and avoidance of breastfeeding.
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  Scaling-up anti-retroviral treatment and human resources for health: what are the challenges in sub-Saharan Africa?

  Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2004

  This document, commissioned by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), assesses human resources for health (HRH) constraints for scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) and identifies strategies for overcoming them. The paper also includes a case study of scaling up a project in Tanzania.
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  Human resources for health and ART scale-up in sub-Saharan Africa: A background paper for the MSF Access to Essential Drugs Campaign

  Access to Essential Medicines Campaign, MSF, 2005

  This report, prepared as a background paper for the MSF Access to Essential Drugs Campaign, examines how the current human resources for health (HRH) situation in sub-Saharan Africa will affect attempts to scale up ART (anti-retroviral therapy) delivery. The current HRH crisis is characterised by workforce shortages, poor distribution of workers, and migration of skilled staff to other countries.

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