Sustainable International Partnership Building for Academic Medical Centers
Experiences with the Botswana-UPenn Partnership
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15746391 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Cohn (0000-0002-3446-7982, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author), Harvey M Friedman (0000-0002-0765-9460) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 179-183 |
| Publication date | 2010-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The AMA Journal of Ethic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2376-6980 • E-ISSN: 2376-6980 |
| Publisher | American Medical Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1001/virtualmentor.2010.12.3.medu2-1003 |
| PMID | 23140864 |
| OpenAlex | W204846840 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
The world faces a global health workforce shortage of almost 4 million professionals, with the most severe gaps in sub-Saharan Africa Improvements in health, including meeting the health-related Millennium Development Goals, are linked with the density of skilled health workers In the U.S., the reauthorizing bill for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) requires the U.S. to support training of 140,000 new health workers in PEPFAR focus countries. The participation of U.S. academic medical centers (AMCs) will greatly help to close the workforce gap and expand training of health professionals in low-and middleincome countries
Business · General partnership · Regional science · Sociology · Global Health and Surgery · Global Health Workforce Issues · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Finance
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |