Thakhathi, D RLast name, First nameThakhathi, D. R.Mahlathi, Malixole Percival2026-08-132026-08-132009-12Mahlathi, Malixole Percival. 2009-12vital:64058http://hdl.handle.net/10353/25216http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/4659Although South Africa educates and trains many health professionals of various categories, it continues to experience relative and critical shortages of these professionals especially at its rural health facilities. It boasts more than 15 Faculties of Health Sciences which train a variety of health professionals. In addition to training for its own purposes, it also offers training for several countries in the Southern African Development Community. The burden of disease is considered to be high and increasing, complicated by the HIV and AIDS epidemic. In the light of these challenges it is necessary that South Africa engages in careful health workforce planning as a long term approach to solve shortage of health professionals and improving the delivery of health services. This study examines the health workforce planning approaches by the various Provincial Departments of Health and the student planning approaches by the Faculties of Health Sciences of the Higher Education Institutions that train health professionals.,Thesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Health Sciences, 2009computeronline resourceapplication/pdf1 online resource (204 leaves)pdfEnglishUniversity of Fort HareAll Rights ReservedOpen AccessHealth planningRural health servicesLabor turnoverGrahamstown (South Africa)Eastern Cape (South Africa)South AfricaHistorytext