articleBMJ Global HealthJun 1, 2022GOLD OA

The global health workforce stock and distribution in 2020 and 2030: a threat to equity and ‘universal’ health coverage?

World Health Organization

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Abstract

Objective

The 2016 Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030 projected a global shortage of 18 million health workers by 2030. This article provides an assessment of the health workforce stock in 2020 and presents a revised estimate of the projected shortage by 2030.

Methods

Latest data reported through WHO's National Health Workforce Accounts (NHWA) were extracted to assess health workforce stock for 2020. Using a stock and flow model, projections were computed for the year 2030. The global health workforce shortage estimation was revised.

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Keywords
  • Workforce
  • Global health
  • Stock (firearms)
  • Equity (law)
  • Business
  • Population health
  • Health human resources
  • Population
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