Viewpoint: HIV/AIDS and the health workforce crisis: What are the next steps?

• Published in: Tropical medicine & international health Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 300 - 304
• Main Authors: Marchal, Bruno, Brouwere, Vincent De, Kegels, Guy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.04.2005; Blackwell Science; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Africa, Southern; AIDS; Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents; Antiviral agents; Biological and medical sciences; Developing Countries; General aspects; Health care policy; Health Manpower; Health Services Needs and Demand; health workforce; HIV Infections - therapy; HIV Infections - transmission; Human resources; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; Infectious diseases; international agencies; International Cooperation; Medical personnel; Medical sciences; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; policy; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids; Workforce; Africa, Southern; Human; Immunopathology; Retroviridae; Developing countries; international agencies; AIDS; human resources; Immune deficiency; Lentivirus; health workforce; Infection; Virus; Health policy; Viral disease; Financing; Antiviral; Tropical medicine; Human immunodeficiency virus; Public health; policy

Summary In scaling up antiretroviral treatment (ART), financing is fast becoming less of a constraint than the human resources to ensure the implementation of the programmes. In the countries hardest affected by the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) pandemic, AIDS increases workloads, profes...