Reflections on Health Workforce Development; Comment on “Health Professional Training and Capacity Strengthening Through International Academic Partnerships: The First Five Years of the Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda”
This commentary addresses the statement that “the authors believe that the HRH [Human Resources for Health] Program can serve as a model for other initiatives that seek to address the shortage of qualified health professionals in low-income countries and strengthen the long-term capacity of local academic institutions.” I adopt the position of the devil’s advocate and ask whether a country, with a profile comparable to Rwanda’s, should adopt this twinning model. I suggest that the alignment with population and other capacity development needs should be the main criteria of decision.
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Dussault, G. (2019). Reflections on Health Workforce Development; Comment on “Health Professional Training and Capacity Strengthening Through International Academic Partnerships: The First Five Years of the Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 8(4), 245-246. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2018.129
MLA
Gilles Dussault. "Reflections on Health Workforce Development; Comment on “Health Professional Training and Capacity Strengthening Through International Academic Partnerships: The First Five Years of the Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda”", International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 8, 4, 2019, 245-246. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2018.129
HARVARD
Dussault, G. (2019). 'Reflections on Health Workforce Development; Comment on “Health Professional Training and Capacity Strengthening Through International Academic Partnerships: The First Five Years of the Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda”', International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 8(4), pp. 245-246. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2018.129
VANCOUVER
Dussault, G. Reflections on Health Workforce Development; Comment on “Health Professional Training and Capacity Strengthening Through International Academic Partnerships: The First Five Years of the Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2019; 8(4): 245-246. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2018.129
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