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Open Access 01-12-2016 | Editorial

Envisioning a Global Health Partnership Movement

Author: Andrew Jones

Published in: Globalization and Health | Issue 1/2016

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“A universal truth: No health without a workforce” was the rallying cry of the flagship report commissioned by the Global Health Workforce Alliance Secretariat and the World Health Organization [1] and one which must be embraced if the aspiration for universal health coverage is ever to be realised [2]. One in seven people will never see a qualified health worker in their lives. The world will be short of 12.9 million health-care workers by 2035. The figures speak for themselves. It has never been clearer that there has to be a major global effort to recruit, educate and train health workers. …

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Title: Envisioning a Global Health Partnership Movement
Author: Andrew Jones
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Globalization and Health / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1744-8603
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-015-0138-4

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