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Health manpower planning in Botswana
1University of York, Centre for Health Economics, England.
World Health Forum
|January 1, 1990
Summary
Botswana
Area of Science:
- Health services management
- Human resources for health
- Healthcare planning
Background:
- Health manpower planning initiatives in developing nations.
- Challenges in establishing national health workforce strategies.
- The role of external assistance in health sector development.
Purpose of the Study:
- To detail the development of Botswana's health manpower plan.
- To address national health staffing needs until 2002.
- To explain methodological choices in health workforce planning.
Main Methods:
- Descriptive analysis of the planning process.
- Evaluation of planning constraints and adaptations.
- Justification of selected health planning methodologies.
Main Results:
- A comprehensive health manpower plan for Botswana was created.
- The plan addresses national staffing requirements up to 2002.
- Specific planning methods were selected based on contextual factors.
Conclusions:
- Successful health manpower planning is achievable despite sector-wide strategy absence.
- Methodological transparency is crucial in health workforce planning.
- Botswana's experience offers insights for similar national planning efforts.
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