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This paper reviews the historical development of health professions'education in the Arab countries and highlights the role that the World Health Organization has played in the support of the health workforce. Challenges such as the migration of health professionals, the need for additional educational opportunities in public health and in the management of health services and the need to adapt education to address the needs of society are discussed. Efforts are needed to develop further the quality and relevance of education and to address the needs of the health systems and the welfare of communities. The production of research in cooperation with policy-makers to enhance decisions and policies based on evidence needs increased attention
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Ocupações em Saúde , Mundo Árabe , Organização Mundial da Saúde , Médicos , Enfermeiras e EnfermeirosRESUMO
A trained and motivated workforce, with appropriate skills, a commitment to life-long learning and adequate rewards is a prerequisite for high-performing health systems. Yet, for many countries, the challenge of getting this right often proves too much. How do you ensure the right skill-mix, so that the appropriate staff are in the right places to meet the needs of populations with changing health needs? How do you cope with health professionals' unprecedented levels of international mobility, when minor changes in working conditions in another country can make the difference between surplus and scarcity? How do you ensure that the rewards are commensurate with the contributions that staff make, especially when there are many other employment opportunities open to them? There are no easy answers, but this book brings together the experiences of a range of countries that are all struggling with these issues, and offers lessons for others facing similar challenges.
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Ocupações em Saúde , Mão de Obra em Saúde , Atenção à Saúde , Estudo Comparativo , França , Alemanha , Lituânia , Malta , Noruega , Polônia , Federação Russa , Espanha , Reino Unido , Europa (Continente)RESUMO
The goal of this manual is to create a category of health personnel that is well oriented in occupational health practice in order to fill the gap in occupational health personnel and in coverage for working people. By following the primary health care approach the preventive objective of occupational health services in the workplace is emphasized. The manual outlines a curriculum for training of primary health care/community health workers. The training programme can be adjusted to suit the level of the trainees, for example for general practitioners or for workers in the workplace. It comprises a trainers guide and 12 modules covering a full range of relevant areas including work hazards, occupational and other work-related diseases, epidemiology, ergonomics, safety and accident prevention, first aid, health education, record keeping and occupational health for women and children
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Atenção Primária à Saúde , Serviços de Saúde do Trabalhador , Ocupações em Saúde , Gestão da Segurança , Saúde OcupacionalRESUMO
A WHO working group, comprising experts in environmental health services, met in London in April 1996 to review a guidance document on professional capacity buililding in these services. The document is intended to be one of a series of guidance documents being developed by the WHO Regional Office for Europe. the group considered the scope and purpose of the document, reviewed draft chapters on the functions and tasks of environmental health services and competences for environmental health professionals, and considered the purpose of the remaining chapters of the document, which are to deal with the governance and organization of environmental health professionals. The group's views on these issues will be taken into consideration in preparing further drafts of the guidance document. In addition, the group suggested appropriate procedures for further review of the document before its submission for final approval at a consultative meeting of Member States
