| | 4 September 2017HIGHERReviewEditorialIn the next two decades, the world would need an additional 2.6 million doctors and over nine million nurses and midwives to ensure equitable and accessible healthcare for everyone. When it comes to the availability of skilled human resource in the healthcare sector, however, there is no much difference between the developed countries and the developing countries. Both are struggling to find an adequate number of trained and qualified workforces to fix the supply-demand gap of medical professionals, especially physicians, nurses and paramedics. In India, the ratio of 0.7 doctors and 1.5 nurses per 1,000 people is significantly lower than the World Health Organisation's (WHO) global average of 2.5 doctors and nurses per 1,000 people. As per the estimates, we need an additional 1.54 million doctors and over 2.4 million nurses today to match the global average.While, the severe shortage of qualified medical professionals is growing every year, India as one of the largest producers of skilled human resources in the world needs to put checks and balances to limit the outflow of its healthcare professionals. As the foremost example of managed migration of nursing workforce, it is worthy to mention here about the Philippines, the largest supplier of nurses in the world. It was reported that at one point of time, around 85 percent of Filipino Nurses were working in abroad, resulting in the shutdown of over 200 hospitals in that country. To avoid such scenarios, India needs to understand the fundamental reason behind the migration of healthcare professionals from the system. Though we are proud about our nurses who are offering a great service to the people of other countries, we need to formulate an effective strategy to retain them so that the people in our country can also experience a better healthcare service. With twin challenges of migration and shortage to be addressed, unequivocally, the Indian healthcare education system would play pivotal role in the nation's well-being. For those who wish to be a part of this sector, we have come up with `Top 10 Promising Nursing Colleges in India 2017' ­ a list of educational institutions that have been producing skilled nurses who can be the backbone of the Indian healthcare system. On the cover, we feature Charnock Healthcare Institute, a unique medical education institute that has been creating quality workers for all levels of healthcare delivery. Enjoy Reading.Sarath ShyamManaging Editorsarath@thehighereducationreview.comTake Care of our Caretakers Vol 5 · Issue 8-1 · September 14 - 2017Publisher & Editor Alok ChaturvediManaging Editor Sarath Shyam Editorial Team Amrutha Ram Raman Balakrishnan Prisila S Riya Das Editorial Queries Sales & Advertisement Advertisement queries Office To Subscribe Visit www.thehighereducationreview.com/subscription or send email to subscription@thehighereducationreview.comCover price is Rs. 150 per issue.Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of BizprintMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murigheshpalya, Bangalore-560017.Copyright © 2017 BizprintMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.Prathyoosh.K.Shajiadvertise@thehighereducationreview.comNo.124, 2nd Floor, South Block, Surya Chambers, Airport Main Road, Bangalore 560017 Tel: 080-46441103T: 080-46441192editor@thehighereducationreview.comCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalGM Sales & Marketing Monisha RavinarayanGroup Art Director Ashok KumarSr. Visualizer MaitreyeeVisualizers Vimalraj M Siva Sankar Sheethal M S Mohana krishnanHigherEducationReviewHIGHERReview
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