Abstract:

The article by Richard M Scheffler; et all titled; Estimates Of Health Care Professional Shortages In Sub-Saharan Africa By 2015 published in the Health Affairs Journal volume 28, issue 5 of 5 2009 is reviewed. The review considers how the article is written in terms of structure, content and its effectiveness on addressing the issue of shortage of human resources in public. The issue of human resource shortage and brain drain especially in the developing world has been widely discussed, therefore, the relevancy, accuracy, objectivity, clarity of this article with respect to this subject area will be reviewed.

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