Task shifting in HIV/AIDS: opportunities, challenges and proposed actions for sub-Saharan Africa
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Auteurs : R. Zachariah [Luxembourg (pays)] ; N. Ford [Afrique du Sud] ; M. Philips [Belgique] ; M. S. Lynch [Afrique du Sud] ; M. Massaquoi [Malawi] ; V. Janssens [Luxembourg (pays)] ; A. D. Harries [France, Royaume-Uni]Source :
- Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene [ 0035-9203 ] ; 2009-06.
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Abstract
Sub-Saharan Africa is facing a crisis in human health resources due to a critical shortage of health workers. The shortage is compounded by a high burden of infectious diseases; emigration of trained professionals; difficult working conditions and low motivation. In particular, the burden of HIV/AIDS has led to the concept of task shifting being increasingly promoted as a way of rapidly expanding human resource capacity. This refers to the delegation of medical and health service responsibilities from higher to lower cadres of health staff, in some cases non-professionals. This paper, drawing on Médecins Sans Frontières' experience of scaling-up antiretroviral treatment in three sub-Saharan African countries (Malawi, South Africa and Lesotho) and supplemented by a review of the literature, highlights the main opportunities and challenges posed by task shifting and proposes specific actions to tackle the challenges. The opportunities include: increasing access to life-saving treatment; improving the workforce skills mix and health-system efficiency; enhancing the role of the community; cost advantages and reducing attrition and international ‘brain drain’. The challenges include: maintaining quality and safety; addressing professional and institutional resistance; sustaining motivation and performance and preventing deaths of health workers from HIV/AIDS. Task shifting should not undermine the primary objective of improving patient benefits and public health outcomes.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.09.019
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