Abstract：
OBJECTIVE:Literature on human resources for health in Africa has focused on personal health services. Little is known about graduate public health education. This paper maps "advanced" public health education in Africa. Public health includes all professionals needed to manage and optimize health systems and the public's health. METHODS:Data were collected through questionnaires and personal visits to departments, institutes and schools of community medicine or public health. Simple descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. FINDINGS:For more than 900 million people, there are fewer than 500 full-time staff, around two-thirds of whom are male. More men (89%) than women (72%) hold senior degrees. Over half (55%) of countries do not have any postgraduate public health programme. This shortage is most severe in lusophone and francophone Africa. The units offering public health programmes are small: 81% have less than 20 staff, and 62% less than 10. On the other hand, over 80% of Africans live in countries where at least one programme is available, and there are six larger schools with over 25 staff. Programmes are often narrowly focused on medical professionals, but "open" programmes are increasing in number. Public health education and research are not linked. CONCLUSION:Africa urgently needs a plan for developing its public health education capacity. Lack of critical mass seems a key gap to be addressed by strengthening subregional centres, each of which should provide programmes to surrounding countries. Research linked to public health education and to educational institutions needs to increase.
journal_name
Bull World Health Organjournal_title
Bulletin of the World Health Organizationauthors
Ijsselmuiden CB,Nchinda TC,Duale S,Tumwesigye NM,Serwadda Ddoi
10.2471/blt.07.045526subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-12-01 00:00:00pages
914-22issue
12eissn
0042-9686issn
1564-0604pii
S0042-96862007001200011journal_volume
85pub_type
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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更新日期：1970-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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更新日期：1972-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.2471/BLT.14.139113
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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更新日期：1961-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1967-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.2471/BLT.17.195560
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.2471/BLT.17.200402
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.2471/BLT.15.158303
更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.2471/BLT.16.172189
更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1973-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1969-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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更新日期：1965-01-01 00:00:00
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doi：10.2471/BLT.14.145540
更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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