Task Shifting to tackle health workers shortages
Guidelines formally launched
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One of the major constraints to tackling both the HIV/AIDS pandemic and global access to essential health care services is a serious shortage of health workers. Several countries are already using task shifting to strengthen their health systems and scale up access to HIV/AIDS treatment and care. WHO, together with the US President Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS), has developed global guidelines for task shifting. These guidelines were formally launched during the first ever Global Conference on Task Shifting in Addis Ababa on 8-10 January 2008.
