A decade review of the health workforce in the WHO African Region, 2013-2022: implications for aligning investments to accelerate progress towards universal health coverage
This report provides a snapshot of the health workforce (HWF) in the African Region for the decade 2013–2022. To provide a thorough understanding of the status of the workforce in the Region, the report analyses stock and density, training and education capacities, migration, employment status, supply and demand, need for health workers, expenditures, leadership and governance and the impact of HWF levels across all 47 Member States. It also analyses key performance indicators against targets. The report’s main findings are summarized below.