Size, composition and distribution of health workforce in India: why, and where to invest?

2021225 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Anup Karan · Public Health Foundation of India

Himanshu Negandhi · Institute of Public Health

Suhaib Hussain · Public Health Foundation of India

Tomas Zapata

Dilip Singh Mairembam · World Health Organization - India

Hilde De Graeve · World Health Organization - India

James Buchan · University of Technology Sydney

Abstract

India needs to invest in HRH for increasing the number of active health workers and also improve the skill-mix which requires investment in professional colleges and technical education. India also needs encouraging qualified health professionals to join the labor markets and additional trainings and skill building for already working but inadequately qualified health workers.

Topics & Keywords

Healthcare Systems and Reforms Global Health Workforce Issues Global Maternal and Child Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Decent work and economic growth

Publication Details

Published in: Human Resources for Health

Volume 19, Issue 1, pp. 39-39

DOI: 10.1186/s12960-021-00575-2

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 38.85