TY - JOUR
T1 - Reflections on health workforce development
T2 - Comment on “Health professional training and capacity strengthening through international academic partnerships: The first five years of the human resources for health program in Rwanda”
AU - Dussault, G
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - This commentary addresses the statement that "the authors believe that the HRH [Human Resources for Health] Program can serve as a model for other initiatives that seek to address the shortage of qualified health professionals in low-income countries and strengthen the long-term capacity of local academic institutions." I adopt the position of the devil's advocate and ask whether a country, with a profile comparable to Rwanda's, should adopt this twinning model. I suggest that the alignment with population and other capacity development needs should be the main criteria of decision.
AB - This commentary addresses the statement that "the authors believe that the HRH [Human Resources for Health] Program can serve as a model for other initiatives that seek to address the shortage of qualified health professionals in low-income countries and strengthen the long-term capacity of local academic institutions." I adopt the position of the devil's advocate and ask whether a country, with a profile comparable to Rwanda's, should adopt this twinning model. I suggest that the alignment with population and other capacity development needs should be the main criteria of decision.
KW - Academic partnerships
KW - Capacity development
KW - Health workforce
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6499906/
U2 - 10.15171/ijhpm.2018.129
DO - 10.15171/ijhpm.2018.129
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 31050969
VL - 8
SP - 245
EP - 246
JO - Int J Health Policy Manag
JF - Int J Health Policy Manag
SN - 2322-5939
IS - 4
ER -