The Global Health Service Partnership: An Academic-Clinical Partnership to Build Nursing and Medical Capacity in Africa

• Main Authors: Eileen M. Stuart-Shor (Author), Elizabeth Cunningham (Author), Laura Foradori (Author), Elizabeth Hutchinson (Author), Martha Makwero (Author), Jill Smith (Author), Jane Kasozi (Author), Esther M. Johnston (Author), Aliasgar Khaki (Author), Elisa Vandervort (Author), Fabiola Moshi (Author), Vanessa B. Kerry (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The World Health Organization estimates a global deficit of about 12.9 million skilled health professionals (midwives, nurses, and physicians) by 2035. These shortages limit the ability of countries, particularly resource-constrained countries, to deliver basic health care, to respond to emerging an...