Authors: Department of State, United States
The paucity of trained health professionals and other human resources to combat HIV/AIDS in the focus countries is a stark indicator of the challenges facing the Emergency Plan. Policies that mandate that only health professionals can provide health services, when trained community health workers could provide components of prevention, care, and treatment
services at the home and community level, worsen problems related to the lack of human resources to provide these critical services. This report identifies innovative approaches countries are using to address the shortages of health care workers and describes efforts to achieve long-term sustainability. Also, it urges PEPFAR countries to develop comprehensive training plans for prevention, care, and treatment that are coordinated across all implementing partners and with the ministries of health and advocacy for human resource policy change to allow for task-shifting and workforce expansion.
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Resource Topic: Community Health Workers/Volunteers, HIV and AIDS, Human Resources Management/Workforce Development, Recruitment and Retention, Training
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2006
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
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