PNG Health Workforce Crisis

This report documents for the first time in over a decade the current stock of the publicly financed health workforce in PNG and their characteristics and deployment across the country by type of health facility and health cadre. It also documents the capacity of the health-related training institutions and presents the results of an important survey of health training institutions which enable unit costs, staffing and other aspects of the institutions to be analyzed together with a qualitative assessment of the quality of students and of facilities by training school principals. The report presents a set of five demand scenarios and draws out the implications for the health training system and of the health budget for these scenarios. The National Health Plan 2011-2020 (NHP) recognizes that the emerging crisis in the health human resources area is a critical issue confronting any viable strategy designed to implement the objectives it has set for the health sector. This report helps document the nature of this emerging crisis and makes specific recommendations on the way forward.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2011-10
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FAMILY PLANNING, ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME, ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, AGED, AGING, AMBULATORY CARE, ANTENATAL COVERAGE, ARI, BIRTH ATTENDANT, BIRTH COMPLICATIONS, BURDEN OF DISEASE, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILDREN PER WOMAN, CLINICS, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY HEALTH, CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE, CURRENT POPULATION, DEATH RATES, DEATHS, DECISION MAKING, DEMAND FOR SERVICES, DENTISTS, DESCRIPTION, DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURE, DIARRHEA, DISEASE BURDEN, DISTRICTS, DOCTORS, DROPOUT, DRUGS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC POLICY, EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, EMPLOYMENT, EPIDEMIC, EPIDEMICS, EXISTING CAPACITY, EXISTING POPULATION, FAMILY PLANNING, FEMALE, FERTILITY, FERTILITY RATE, GENDER, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, HEALTH AUTHORITIES, HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH DELIVERY, HEALTH EXPENDITURES, HEALTH EXTENSION, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH ORGANIZATION, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH PLAN, HEALTH POSTS, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICE, HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY, HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH STATUS, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, HEALTH TRAINING, HEALTH WORKERS, HEALTH WORKFORCE, HIV, HIV PREVENTION, HIV/AIDS, HOSPITAL, HOSPITALS, HR, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, IMMUNE DEFICIENCY, IMMUNIZATIONS, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, INCOME, INFANT, INFANT DEATH, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INPATIENT CARE, INSTITUTIONALIZATION, INTERVENTIONS, LACK OF INFORMATION, LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIVE BIRTHS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRY, MALARIA, MALNUTRITION, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE, MEDICAL OFFICERS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, MIDWIFERY, MIDWIVES, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MOBILITY, MORTALITY, NATAL CARE, NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, NCD, NEONATAL DEATH, NURSE, NURSES, NURSING, NUTRITION, OCCUPATION, OCCUPATIONS, OFFICIAL POPULATION, OUTPATIENT SERVICES, PERIPHERAL HEALTH FACILITIES, PHARMACEUTICALS, PNEUMONIA, POOR HEALTH, POOR MATERNAL HEALTH, POPULATION ESTIMATES, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION GROWTH RATE, POPULATION INCREASE, POPULATION PROJECTIONS, PRACTITIONERS, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES, PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES, PROVINCIAL HOSPITALS, PROVISION OF SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, QUALITY OF HEALTH, QUALITY OF SERVICES, RATE OF POPULATION GROWTH, RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, RESOURCE NEEDS, RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS, RESPECT, RURAL AREAS, RURAL HOSPITALS, RURAL POPULATION, SAFE WATER, SANITATION, SANITATION FACILITIES, SECRETARY OF HEALTH, SEX, SEXUALLY ACTIVE, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION, SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS, STIS, TB, TEACHER RATIO, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT, TUBERCULOSIS, URBAN AREAS, URBAN SETTLEMENTS, URBAN SQUATTER, VISION, WORKERS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YOUNG CHILDREN,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/216511468332461651/Papua-New-Guinea-PNG-health-workforce-crisis-a-call-to-action https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27428
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