Medical workforce gap in developing countries is set to worsen

doi:10.1136/bmj.39378.458032.DB

BMJ 2007;335:843 (27 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.39378.458032.DB

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Medical workforce gap in developing countries is set to worsen

Fiona Godlee, editor

BMJ

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The number of healthcare workers in sub-Saharan Africa willhave to triple each year for 10 years if every person with HIVor AIDS is to get antiretroviral treatment, said researchersthis week.

Their study, published in AIDS Patient Care and STDs (2007;21:799-812),was one of seven—including one in this week's BMJ (2007;335:862-5doi: 10.1136/bmj.39345.467813.80)—selected for presentationat the launch at the US National Institutes of Health of themulti-journal global theme issue on poverty and human development.

The BMJ was among 235 journals from 37 countries that took partin the global theme issue, coordinated by the Council of ScienceEditors. They published more than 750 articles between them,representing 110 countries (see bmj.com for a webcast and alink to a full list of citations on the council's website).

More than five million people who need antiretroviral treatmentdon't receive it, said one of the authors of . . . [Full text of this article]

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