5 ways to bridge the global health worker shortage

Jul 15, 2019

A nurse prepares a patient for an electrocardiogram.

The rise in non-communicable diseases will generate a demand for 40 million additional health workers by 2030. Image: REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

Shobana Kamineni

Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited

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Distribution of health workers by level of health expenditure and burden of diseases, for WHO regions. Size of dots is proportional to health expenditure) Image: WHO

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