Rebecca Bailey

Scaling Up and Transforming Health Workforce Education and Training for Improved Health Equity

Carol Bales — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:56:15 +0000

This post was originally published on the Global Health Workforce Alliance Members’ Platform. We encourage you to join and contribute to discussions like this one.

The statistics are startling: today the world is in urgent need of 7.2 million additional doctors, nurses, and midwives, according to the WHO, and by 2035 that number will rise to 12.9 million. Recent estimates show that just under one million doctors, nurses, and midwives graduate each year. At this rate, it would take more than seven years to produce the additional skilled workers currently needed. Yet in seven years, the need for health workers will be much higher.

Author's name:

Rebecca Bailey and Heather Ross

Publication Date:

April 2014

The Ethiopian Government and CapacityPlus Lead the Way in Estimating the Cost of Educating Nurses and Midwives in Africa

Carol Bales — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:12:51 +0000

The Ethiopian Government and CapacityPlus Lead the Way in Estimating the Cost of Educating Nurses and Midwives in Africa

In 2011, Ethiopia reported having 29,550 nurses and 2,416 midwives¹, or approximately one nurse for every 3,000 people and one midwife for every 34,000 people. In response to this shortage, the Government of Ethiopia has developed an ambitious plan to significantly increase the number of nurses and midwives in the country by 2015—to 41,009 nurses and 8,635 midwives—through the expansion of health science schools, departments, and programs.

Author's name:

Leah McManus and Rebecca Bailey

Publication Date:

September 2013

Responding to the Urgent Need for More Health Workers: Rebecca Bailey on Health Workforce Education and Training

Carol Bales — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:10:25 +0000

At 23, CapacityPlus’s Rebecca Bailey mailed two applications: to law school and to the Peace Corps. The Peace Corps called her first, and that’s when her work to improve health worker education and training took root.

As a communications officer for CapacityPlus, I do a lot of writing about our work to address the global health workforce shortage, but I rarely write about the people doing the work. Therefore it was a pleasure for me to speak with Rebecca and learn about her career and her current position as health workforce development team lead.

Author's name:

Carol Bales with Rebecca Bailey

Publication Date:

June 2012