Hilary Brown

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 paper explains the acronym PROGRESS that stands for place of residence, religion, occupation, gender, race/ethnicity, education, socioeconomic status and social networks and capital and highlights the multidimensionality of the distribution of health among population subgroups.