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

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The number of healthcare workers in sub-Saharan Africa will have to triple each year for 10 years if every person with HIV or AIDS is to get antiretroviral treatment, said researchers this 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;335:862-5 doi: 10.1136/bmj.39345.467813.80)—selected for presentation at the launch at the US National Institutes of Health of the multi-journal global theme issue on poverty and human development.

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

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

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