Thursday, November 12, 2009
Tweet[IWS] WHO: GLOBAL ATLAS of the HEALTH WORKFORCE
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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World Health Organization (WHO)
GLOBAL ATLAS of the HEALTH WORKFORCE
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/default.asp
To access the data please click the Data Query tab
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/DataQuery/default.asp
To access statistics on health workforce demographics
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/docs/HRH/HTML/SASA_Aug08.htm
There is a growing need for high quality information on human resources in health systems to inform decision making for policies and programmes at the national and international levels. The WHO Department of Human Resources for Health has been collecting and compiling cross-nationally comparable data on health workers in all 193 WHO Member States. The data available in the Global Atlas of the Health Workforce is the main outcome of this effort.
Two sets of data are contained in the Global Atlas: a main (aggregated) set and a disaggregated set. The aggregated dataset includes estimates of the stock (absolute numbers) and density (per 1000 population) of health workers for up to 9 occupational categories. This includes: (i) physicians; (ii) nursing and midwifery personnel; (iii) dentistry personnel; (iv) pharmaceutical personnel; (v) laboratory health workers; (vi) environmental and public health workers; (vii) community and traditional health workers; (viii) other health service providers; and (ix) health management and support workers, that is, those who do not provide services directly but are critical to the performance of health systems. In the disaggregated dataset, estimates of the stock of health workers are available for some countries for up to 18 occupational categories, reflecting greater distinction of some categories of workers according to assumed differences in skill level and skill specialization. More information on the framework for categorizing health workers can be found in the < http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/docs/HRH/HTML/Dftn.htm> definition notes. Selected statistics on other dimensions of the health workforce, such as < http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/docs/HRH/HTML/SASA_Aug08.htm> health workforce demographics are also available for some countries. (< http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/docs/HRH/HTML/SASA_Aug08.htm> To view the statistics click here)
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
World Health Organization (WHO)
GLOBAL ATLAS of the HEALTH WORKFORCE
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/default.asp
To access the data please click the Data Query tab
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/DataQuery/default.asp
To access statistics on health workforce demographics
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/docs/HRH/HTML/SASA_Aug08.htm
There is a growing need for high quality information on human resources in health systems to inform decision making for policies and programmes at the national and international levels. The WHO Department of Human Resources for Health has been collecting and compiling cross-nationally comparable data on health workers in all 193 WHO Member States. The data available in the Global Atlas of the Health Workforce is the main outcome of this effort.
Two sets of data are contained in the Global Atlas: a main (aggregated) set and a disaggregated set. The aggregated dataset includes estimates of the stock (absolute numbers) and density (per 1000 population) of health workers for up to 9 occupational categories. This includes: (i) physicians; (ii) nursing and midwifery personnel; (iii) dentistry personnel; (iv) pharmaceutical personnel; (v) laboratory health workers; (vi) environmental and public health workers; (vii) community and traditional health workers; (viii) other health service providers; and (ix) health management and support workers, that is, those who do not provide services directly but are critical to the performance of health systems. In the disaggregated dataset, estimates of the stock of health workers are available for some countries for up to 18 occupational categories, reflecting greater distinction of some categories of workers according to assumed differences in skill level and skill specialization. More information on the framework for categorizing health workers can be found in the < http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/docs/HRH/HTML/Dftn.htm> definition notes. Selected statistics on other dimensions of the health workforce, such as < http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/docs/HRH/HTML/SASA_Aug08.htm> health workforce demographics are also available for some countries. (< http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/docs/HRH/HTML/SASA_Aug08.htm> To view the statistics click here)
AND MORE...
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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