Romania’s 2025 guide for health workforce attraction and retention: Bridging global strategies and local realities
The collaborative, evidence-based process used for the guide exemplifies a best practice model for stakeholder-driven policy development. The Romanian experience provides a transferable framework for countries with decentralized health systems to empower local actors in addressing health workforce maldistribution, though long-term success depends on local implementation and political will.
Authors
- Alexandru Florin Rogobete (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1286-4431)
- Tomas Zapata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7807-3520)
- Khamis Al-alawy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3457-884X)
- Alexandru Rafilă (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3796-5140)
- Cris Scotter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0991-6889)
- Dragos Nicolae Garofil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4693-2105)
- Alina Ioana Forray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6373-2482)
- Teodor Cristian Blidaru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6776-4709)
- Ioana Novac
- Yana Andersen
- Rareș Vrîncianu
Institutions
- World Health Organization - Pakistan (PK)
- Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy (RO)
- Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy (RO)
- Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara (RO)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Policy
- Published
- 2025-11-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105511
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.03