The World Health Organization’s Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA) presented a 12-point “Kampala Declaration” in Uganda on March 5 that called for an increase in health care workers in the developing world to better combat HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening conditions, Kenyan newspaper the Daily Nation reports (nationmedia.com, 3/6).
The GHWA calls for developing countries to increase their health care budgets by 15 percent to bolster the workforce and provide a better standard of health care to at-need populations. In a 2001 conference, African leaders pledged to make these budget adjustments; however, the article notes that many nations in sub-Saharan Africa have fallen short of this goal.
“With the 15 percent increase, we will be able to provide enough remuneration, increase the health workers, provide enough medical supplies, [and] improve health infrastructure to provide a conducive environment for the health workers leading to retention,” said Dr. Sam Zaramba, Kenya’s director general of health services.
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