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Leveraging Information Technology To Bridge The Health Workforce Gap

Robert Bollinger,a Larry Chang,a Reza Jafari,b Thomas O’Callaghan,c Peter Ngatia,d Dykki Settle,e Jane McKenzie-White,a Kunal Patel,c Amir Dossalf & Najeeb Al Shorbajig | Bulletin of the World Health Organization | November 11, 2013

According to some estimates, the world needs more than 4 million additional physicians, nurses, pharmacists, labo- ratory technicians, midwives, commu- nity health workers (CHWs) and other front-line health workers.1 However, there is also a shortage of faculty that can provide high-quality training and mentorship for current training pro- grammes2 and continuing education opportunities for health workers.

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