Human resources and the health sector

Abstract

The health workforce is the component of the health sector that determines the efficiency with which all others function. Conceived broadly to include all those who are 'primarily engaged in actions with the primary intent of enhancing health', the health workforce includes those who directly deliver health services, and those who determine what should be delivered, what can be delivered given available resources, and what will be delivered in reality; those who identify health information requirements, make plans, implement plans, and collect data; those who identify what medical products, vaccines, and technologies are purchased, stored, and distributed, and the standards applied at all st..