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Statistics
STRENGTHENING THE GLOBAL INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE BASE ON HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH
Monitoring and assessing trends in human resources for health (HRH) dynamics is a key element of our work. This includes compiling, processing and disseminating statistical information on the global health workforce to support decision making for policies and programmes.
DATABASES ON HEALTH WORKFORCE STATISTICS MAINTAINED BY THE WHO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH
Sources of health workforce statistics
The need for health workforce statistics is a critical issue of concern. The required analysis for policy action must be based on reliable data from relevant sources. However, information on health system personnel is often fragmented or incomplete, particularly in countries where the need for comprehensive data is crucial. Moreover, even in countries where high quality data are available, the information is not always used for decision making. This database is a collection of national data sources on health workforce statistics.
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Global Atlas of the Health Workforce
WHO has been collecting and compiling cross-nationally comparable data on human resources for health around the world. The Global Atlas of the Health Workforce includes statistics on the numbers and density of health workers for all 193 Member States. The main (aggregated) data set provides information on 9 occupational categories, while the disaggregated data set has information on 18 occupational categories. Data on the distribution of the health workforce by age, sex and urban/rural are also available for some countries.
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Fact files
Spotlight on Statistics
Spotlight on Statistics is a series of fact files on health workforce statistics produced by the WHO Department of Human Resources for Health. Each issue focuses on a specific theme related to the collection, processing, analysis, dissemination and use of health workforce statistics at the international, regional and country levels to support decision making for policies and programmes.
Spotlight on statistics
Other information sources
WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
The latest and trend data on core health indicators from WHO sources, including the annual World Health Statistics Report and the statistical annexes of the World Health Report.
WHOSIS
World Directory of Medical Schools
Final update
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