WHO Flags Growing Health Workforce Gap as Workers and Patients Age
- The World Health Organization warned that the world could face a medical workforce gap in the 2030s, with a quarter of doctors retiring within the next decade.
- The WHO projected a global shortage of 11.1 million health workers by 2030, based on workforce data from more than 100 countries.
- The WHO said 67 countries may lack enough staff to maintain their current medical treatment standards by 2030.
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Demographic change also threatens health care: over the next few years, several million people around the world could be missing from the urgent need for health care. High-income countries warn the WHO not to rely on the immigration of skilled workers.
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a shortage of health manpower around the world in the 1930s, with a quarter of doctors due to retire over the next decade, while alerting to a gap in the proportion of the health workforce among nations.
WHO flags growing health workforce gap as workers and patients age ...
By 2030, the global health shortage could reach 11.1 million people, reported Hassum Diallo by the representative of the World Health Organization (WHO); according to Diallo, the problem is exacerbated by the ageing of both the population and the doctors themselves in many countries, transmitting RIA News. "In many countries, both the population and the health workers are ageing at the same time. This could exacerbate the projected global medica…
The World Health Organization warns: By 2030, 11.1 million doctors, nurses and doctors around the world could be missing.
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