Africa: Young researchers struggle to establish careers
African PhD graduates often have a difficult time establishing careers in their home countries and universities need to provide better support for early career researchers, according to a new report... Prevention News
Jordan: Center of new Arab science e-network
Announced at the first annual meeting of the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN) in December 2011, Jordan will become the central hub of new regional science collaborations across the region... Prevention News
Nepal: New alliance to improve human resources for health
A new alliance among 24 organizations - such as major NGOs, donors, professional organizations, health worker unions, and educational institutions - will advocate for improving human resources for health in Nepal... Prevention News
Global: Strong national efforts needed to reduce brain drain
Some countries have been successful in efforts towards implementing the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personal - which is designed to reduce brain drain - and similar, strong efforts are needed to meet the increasing health worker shortage... Prevention News
Iran: Rural health workers effective in reducing diabetes, hypertension
Thanks to well-trained Behvarz workers - rural primary health care workers - rural areas of Iran are receiving effective diabetes and hypertension treatment, according to new research involving around 65,000 people... Prevention News
South Africa: New health professionals help alleviate brain drain
The first batch of a new type of health professionals - called "clinical associates" - recently graduated from Wits University in Johannesburg... Prevention News
Global: Addressing population growth and health worker shortage
Population growth in developing countries is a critical factor that needs to be taken into account when finding solutions to the increasing health workforce shortage, according to a new report... Prevention News
Tanzania: Education a powerful incentive for rural health workers
Health workers are more likely to take rural job postings if there are better education opportunities, according to new research... Prevention News
Sub-Saharan Africa: Brain drain costs billions
Brain drain - in this case doctors leaving developing countries to work in high-income countries - costs Sub-Saharan Africa more than US$2 billion a year, according to new research... Prevention News
Bangladesh: IAPs are a major source of chronic disease diagnoses
Informal Allopathic Providers (IAPs) - such as medicine shopkeepers and village doctors - play a large role in diagnosing chronic diseases in rural areas, according to new research involving more than 32,000 people... Prevention News
Africa: Call to spend more on chronic disease
Health scientists need more funding and support to tackle Africa's growing burden of chronic diseases, according to Olive Shisana, chief executive officer of the South African Human Sciences Research Council, who spoke at the World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany... Prevention News
North Africa/Easter Mediterranean: Identifying capacity building needs for chronic disease prevention
The North African and Eastern Mediterranean regions lack the human capacity necessary to address the growing burden of chronic diseases in the regions... Prevention News
Tanzania: Critical shortage of health workers
Tanzania has only one physician per 50,000 patients, and the misdistribution of the few existing health workers across the country means that rural areas suffer more... Prevention News
Kenya: 20,000 more doctors needed
In order to provide effective medical services, the country needs 20,000 more doctors and 47,000 more nurses, according to Medical Service Minister Anyang' Nyong'o during a speech at the Kendu School of Medical Science graduation ceremony... Prevention News
South Africa: Poor knowledge, management of hypertension
Primary care physicians' (PCP) knowledge of hypertension is poor and as a result, management of hypertension is sub-par, according to new research... Prevention News
Uganda: Health professionals to get salary raise
If recent proposals by the Health Ministry are approved, doctors, nurses, and senior health officials will see a dramatic increase in salaries... Prevention News
India: Increased brain drain leaves locals without doctors
Brain drain has increased in recent months, as more than 760 doctors left India for foreign countries, and as many as 3500 doctors have gone abroad for work in the last three years... Prevention News
Perspective: Information access needs support and funding
A recent editorial from BMJ highlights the importance of, and lack of resources attributed to, information access... Prevention News
Africa: Attempts to relieve brain drain
Although some improvements have been made over the past five years, sub-Saharan Africa contains 36 out of the 57 countries that have a critical shortage of healthcare workers... Prevention News
Ghana: Career development keeps doctors out of rural areas
Although salary is an important consideration, the opportunity for career development keeps doctors in urban areas, according to new research... Prevention News
