Planning the development of human resources for health for implementation of the Stop TB Strategy : a handbook

Overview

Planning human resources to achieve the international goals and targets set for global control of tuberculosis (TB) is a complex and challenging management task. Furthermore, countries highly affected by the disease have the additional challenge of tackling a general workforce crisis, and managers of national TB control programmes are faced daily with the daunting tasks caused by this double crisis.

By offering this practical guidance, we hope to fully equip managers of TB control programmes with the tools necessary for effective collaboration. This in turn will foster the development of integrated human resources equipped to deliver services for TB control within the context of primary health care to reach the TB-related Millennium Development Goals. This handbook offers an opportunity to help countries establish a balanced workforce that will respond to the gamut of primary health-care needs while rigorously pursuing the objective to stop TB.