BRACJPGSPH

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To explore the potential employment opportunities in the health care sector  given the current COVID-19 crisis which revealed a shortage of all kinds of health care workers in the formal system and a major paradigm shift towards the need for provisioning home-based health care services.
                                                
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</div><div>•	To explore the types of health care services in demand among the urban population outside formal health sector (e.g., home-based, palliative, disability care services) considering the post Covid-19 scenario
</div><div>•	To assess the new employment opportunities at hospitals (public and private both) and organizations (e.g. NGOs, training institutions, private organisations) that can produce the para-professionals/technicians to support the mainstream health care providers in facilitating delivery of services at the facilities
</div><div>•	To identify the current authority certifying these para-professionals/technicians and probable authority that would certify these  new and emerging cadres
</div><div>•	To explore the trainer availability for the existing, new and emerging training courses at institution level
</div><div>•	To explore the current requirements including education level to be eligible to apply for the existing courses, and assess what may be the requirements including education level for the new and emerging training courses
</div><div>•	To explore the growth of job providing organizations that are likely to expand their businesses in the health care sector in urban settings and beyond COVID-19</div>

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