There is a serious human resource crisis in the health sector in developing countries, particularly in Africa.
With one trained health worker per 1,818 people, no clear guidelines to coordinate and optimize the use of existing health workers, and no clear leadership in how best to train additional health workers, Uganda has serious human resource needs [ 2].
"We don't get it right, we are in serious trouble," the human resources minister, S. Subramaniam, said during an interview.
There is a serious shortage of human resources to provide healthcare services in the South Asian region.
However, Tanzania also has a serious shortage of human resources in the domain of perinatal care, and that might be another factor associated with the poor performance and outcomes [ 13].
Given the serious financial and human resources constraints in developing countries, CHWs are expected to do more although they may not always receive the necessary support to do their jobs well, such as supportive supervision, and supplies and equipment.
"Some of the wards have about 60 patients yet they are being manned by two clinical officers maybe with just two nurses, and the health centers that should have at least three or four medical assistants and maybe 8 nurses, they are running on one medical assistant and two nurses, so, we have a serious issue with human resources" (Medical doctor, public hospital).
(Round 5 Proposal HIV/AIDS and HSS (health system strengthening)) Ethiopia: "The health system is affected by serious shortage of qualified human resources coupled with high turnover of trained staff".
Pakistan is already facing a serious shortfall in terms of human resources for health.
