Categories of Health Workers in the World

It is extremely difficult to estimate the actual number of health workers. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), much of the data on the number of health workers do not contain sufficient detail to allow a distinction between people directly involved in enhancing health and those who, while working in the field of health are not specifically health workers.

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It is extremely difficult to estimate the actual number of health workers. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), much of the data on the number of health workers do not contain sufficient detail to allow a distinction between people directly involved in enhancing health and those who, while working in the field of health are not specifically health workers.