Africa: More Non-Physician Clinicians Will Boost African Healthcare Workforce

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The use of more non-physician clinicians in sub-Saharan Africa could be a cost-effective way to boost the healthcare workforce in the region, and help deliver specific projects such as the planned expansion of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programmes. The findings are reported in a Public Health study published early Online and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet.

Professor Fitzhugh Mullan and Dr Seble Frehywot, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC, USA, and colleagues did an analysis of numbers of "non-physician clinicians" (NPCs), and their various roles, in 47 sub-Saharan African countries.

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