Physicians for Human Rights | August 9, 2008
Read the PublicationAfter years of insufficient investment, inadequate attention, and ill-advised policies, global attention is now focused on the health workforce. Without a skilled, motivated, and well-equipped health workforce accessible to everyone, health goals will go unrealized and the human right to the highest attainable standard of health unfulfilled. Indeed, the health workforce, improved health outcomes, and human rights are inextricably linked. Not only is a strong health workforce needed for improved health and fulfilling human rights, but human rights are needed to develop