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Table 1 Key contents of the selected programmes by country and region

From: Assessment of human resources for health programme implementation in 15 Latin American and Caribbean countries

Region

Countries

Programme areas

America Central

Panamá

PHC strengthening, HRH training, training of specialists, and continuing education

Honduras

Family health (integration between social work students and universities and community health teams) and implementation of PHC services

Dominican Republic

Training of PHC teams, training of public health directors, and recruitment to strengthen PHC

Guatemala

Training of specialists, university midwifery training, curriculum review and training, and establishment of health careers

El Salvador

Human resource planning as a tool for implementing PHC and training of managers and technical teams

Belize

PHC provided by community health workers recruited from the community

Nicaragua

Organization of a decentralized HRH management system, implementation of a new health delivery model with community participation, and PHC training of support staff (nursing assistants)

Costa Rica

Strategic nurse training, PHC strengthening, and training of specialists

Mercosur

Argentina

HRH information, permanent health education, joint intersectoral health education, and adapting the training of specialists to regional needs

Paraguay

Family health unit expansion guided by the PHC and training of family physicians (virtual training)

Uruguay

Increasing the number and distribution of nurses, increasing the number of skilled nurses/physicians, changes in work organization, and changes in labour relations

Andean

Chile

Training of specialists according to the needs of the population

Peru

Community service done by qualified and registered health professionals, training of medical specialists, and training for PHC development with emphasis on family and community health at the primary care level

Ecuador

Return of health professionals to the country to fulfil the requirements of critical areas, job security planning, and training of medical specialists and subspecialists with affirmative actions allowing incorporating persons belonging to minorities

Colombia

Improving the distribution of specialists in the country