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The World Health Report 2006 - working together for health

The World Health Report 2006 - Working together for health contains an expert assessment of the current crisis in the global health workforce and ambitious proposals to tackle it over the next ten years, starting immediately. The report reveals an estimated shortage of almost 4.3 million doctors, midwives, nurses and support workers worldwide. The shortage is most severe in the poorest countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where health workers are most needed. Focusing on all stages of the health workers' career lifespan from entry to health training, to job recruitment through to retirement, the report lays out a ten-year action plan in which countries can build their health workforces, with the support of global partners.

Report by chapter

- Overview
- Chapter 1: Health workers: a global profile
- Chapter 2: Responding to urgent health needs
- Chapter 3: Preparing the health workforce
- Chapter 4: Making the most of existing health workers
- Chapter 5: Managing exits from the workforce
- Chapter 6: Formulating national health workforce strategies
- Chapter 7: Working together, within and across countries

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full report

- full report [pdf 7.45Mb]

overview

- Director General's Message & Overview [pdf 656kb]
- Overview in Arabic [pdf 2.32Mb]
- Overview Chinese [pdf 3.05Mb]
- Overview in French [pdf 683kb]
- Overview in Russian [pdf 2.38Mb]
- Overview in Spanish [pdf 603kb]

report by chapters

- Contents [pdf 715kb]
- Chapter 1: Health workers: a global profile [pdf 1.30Mb]
- Chapter 2: Responding to urgent health needs [pdf 690kb]
- Chapter 3: Preparing the health workforce [pdf 1.30Mb]
- Chapter 4: Making the most of existing health workers [pdf 871kb]
- Chapter 5: Managing exits from the workforce [pdf 658kb]
- Chapter 6: Formulating national health workforce strategies [pdf 558kb]
- Chapter 7: Working together, within and across countries [pdf 656kb]
- Index [pdf 84kb]

Statistical annex

- World health report 2006 statistical annex explanatory notes [pdf 154kb]
- Annex Table 1 Basic indicators for all Member States [pdf 230kb]
- Annex Table 2 Selected indicators of health expenditure ratios, 1999–2003 [pdf 276kb]
Table 2 reflects data available as on 20 February 2006. For later updates visit www.who.int/nha
- Annex Table 3 Selected national health accounts indicators: measured levels of per capita expenditure on health, 1999–2003 [pdf 160kb]
Table 3 reflects data available as on 20 February 2006. For later updates visit www.who.int/nha
- Annex Table 4 Global distribution of health workers in WHO Member States [pdf 167kb]
Table 4 reflects data available as on 20 February 2006. For later updates visit www.who.int/globalatlas

The World health report in portuguese

Director General's Message & Overview [pdf 1.80Mb]
Chapter 1: Health workers: a global profile [pdf 3.35Mb]
Chapter 2: Responding to urgent health needs [pdf 4.05Mb]
Chapter 3: Preparing the health workforce [pdf 2.43Mb]
Chapter 4: Making the most of existing health workers [pdf 3.56Mb]
Chapter 5: Managing exits from the workforce [pdf 1.94Mb]
Chapter 6: Formulating national health workforce strategies [pdf 4.42Mb]
Chapter 7: Working together, within and across countries [pdf 1.98Mb]
Statistical annex explanatory notes [pdf 739kb]
statistical annex [pdf 1.21Mb]

THE WORLD HEALTH REPORT 2006

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World health report 2006 Press kit
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Presentation [pdf 538kb]

World health report 2006 statistical annex
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