Abstract:Background
The World Health Organization (WHO) currently estimates a shortage of approximately 18 million health workers worldwide, potentially impacting the achievement of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal on health. One of these goals is to stimulate and guide the creation of at least 40 million new jobs in the health and social sectors and reduce the projected shortage of 18 million health workers, primarily in low- and lower-middle-income countries, by 2030. However, since 2006, there h… Show more
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