Strengthening the public health workforce: An estimation of the long-term requirements for public health specialists in Serbia

At the beginning of the 21st century, planning the public health workforce requirements came into the focus of policy makers in Europe [1]. The public health workforce contributes by performing, supporting and managing essential public health operations [1,2]. They are needed to address public health challenges and to help achieving national and global health objectives such as managing epidemic ’s (or the risk of outbreaks) of communicable disease and the ever growing pressure of non-communicable disease and health related inequalities [3–10].

Source: Health Policy - March 22, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Milena Santric Milicevic, Milena Vasic, Matt Edwards, Cristina Sanchez, John Fellows Source Type: research