Optimizing Staffing Models and Team Structure : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
In many low, and middle-income countries (LMICs), rapid urbanization, population growth, and changing lifestyles are driving a growing burden fueled by noncommunicable disease and injury, while poor sanitation and overcrowding create conditions for...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/280591560319855140/Optimizing-Staffing-Models-and-Team-Structure-for-Equitable-Care-Amidst-Rapid-Growth-and-Urbanization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31852 |
| Summary: | In many low, and middle-income countries
(LMICs), rapid urbanization, population growth, and changing
lifestyles are driving a growing burden fueled by
noncommunicable disease and injury, while poor sanitation
and overcrowding create conditions for infectious pathogens
to spread and thrive. This changing burden of disease is
increasing pressure on the health work force, with many
conditions going undiagnosed and thus untreated. Coping with
these new threats will require transitioning toward models
of primary care that support an expanded focus on health
promotion, disease prevention, and integrated
multidisciplinary care to ensure equitable health gains for
all, including the urban poor. |
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