ABSTRACT
Background ere is a shortage of human resources for health (HRH) throughout sub-Saharan Africa [1]. Many countries in the region are also experiencing signicant HIV
epidemics, with an estimated 2.12 million persons needing antiretroviral medicines [2]. e lack of adequate human resources for health directly aects countries’ ability to provide antiretroviral treatment to their population [3]. e disease burden of HIV and HIV-related mortality among health sector sta has further reduced human resources [4], at a time when the introduction of antiretroviral treatment in the public health system has substantively increased the workload of sta [5] and created an urgent need for additional human resources [6,7].
