Counting health workers: definitions, data, methods and global results M.R. Dal Poz, Y. Kinfu, S. Dräger and T. Kunjumen Department of Human Resources for Health World Health Organization The purpose of the HRH Discussion Paper Series is to promote discussion of important technical issues between the Department of Human Resources for Health and Member States, all parts of WHO, the global scientific community and other partners. It represents work in progress and does not represent an official view of the World Health Organization. World Health Organization, January 2007 This document is not a formal publication of the World Health Organization (WHO), and all rights are reserved by the Organization. The document may, however, be freely reviewed, abstracted, quoted, reproduced or translated, in part or in whole, but not for sale or for use in conjunction with commercial purposes. The views expressed in documents by named authors are solely the responsibility of those authors.