Ashley Sheffel, Kathryn G Andrews, Ruben Conner, Laura Di Giorgio, David K Evans, Roberta Gatti, Magnus Lindelow, Jigyasa Sharma, Jakob Svensson, Waly Wane, Anna Welander Tärneberg
Sub-Saharan Africa has fewer medical workers per capita than any region of the world, and that shortage has been highlighted consistently as a critical constraint to improving health outcomes in the region. This paper draws on newly available, systematic, comparable data from ten countries in the region to explore the dimensions of this shortage. We find wide variation in human resources performance metrics, both within and across countries. Many facilities are barely staffed, and effective staffing levels fall further when adjusted for health worker absences...
May 6, 2024: Health Policy and Planning