Giorgio Solimano

TL;DR: This analysis of the global workforce proposes that mobilisation and strengthening of human resources for health, neglected yet critical, is central to combating health crises in some of the world's poorest countries and for building sustainable health systems in all countries.

TL;DR: The global community needs to engage in four core strategies: raise the profile of the issue of human resources; improve the conceptual base and statistical evidence available to decision makers; collect, share, and learn from country experiences; and begin to formulate and enact policies at the country level that affect all aspects of the crisis.

TL;DR: The context and the initial responses of eight selected Latin American countries are discussed, including similarities and differences in public health, economic, and fiscal measures, and reflections on what worked and what did not work and what to expect moving forward are provided.

TL;DR: The recovery of at least part of a leading role of the public health agenda should be based on the capacity to generate relevant new knowledge and advocate for its implementation.

TL;DR: It is argued that health services are skewing away from those most in need to those most able to pay and are shifting the focus from community-oriented preventative care to individually oriented curative care.