Shortages, geographic imbalances, and poor performance of health workers pose major challenges for improving health service delivery in developing countries. In response, development agencies have increasingly recognized the need to invest in Human Resources for Health (HRH) to assist countries...

Introduction to the health of a population -- Assessing the health system of a country -- How did we get here? : historical megatrends in health and medical care -- Developing a vision and goals -- Developing plans for change : a framework for designing a high-value health system -- Testing the...

A new survey finds that only 17 drugs are under active development for maternal health indications, which is less than 3% of the pipeline in cardiovascular health (660 drugs). The international agencies have forgotten pregnant women. Given the unacceptably high number of maternal and perinatal...