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A call for action to establish a research agenda for building a future health workforce in Europe

The importance of a sustainable health workforce is increasingly recognised. However, the building of a future health workforce that is responsive to diverse population needs and demographic and economic change remains insufficiently understood. There is a compelling argument to be made for a comprehensive research agenda to address the questions. With a focus on Europe […]
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Health workforce governance in Europe: Where are we going?

In the European Union, better workforce governance is increasingly recognized as a burning policy issue. The healthcare sector is confronted with growing shortages and imbalances in the skills-mix and in the geographical distribution of health professionals. The future health workforce needs to respond to new healthcare needs resulting from demographic, epidemiological and socio-cultural changes. As […]
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Where health workforce governance research meets health services management.

A deficit of one million healthcare workers forecasted in the European Union by 2020 turns the ‘universal truth’ that there is ‘no health without a workforce’ into the perhaps biggest challenge for future healthcare systems and services management. We argue that effective healthcare management needs systematic connections with health workforce macro- and meso-levels of governance. […]
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About GHTM

GHTM is a R&D Center that brings together researchers from IHMT with a track record in Tropical Medicine and International/Global Health. It aims at strengthening Portugal's role as a leading partner in the development and implementation of a global health research agenda. Our evidence-based interventions contribute to the promotion of equity in health and to improve the health of populations.

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