Health Personnel in Southern Africa: Confronting Maldistribution and Brain Drain Padarath, Ashnie Chamberlain, Charlotte McCoy, David Ntuli, Antoinette Rowson, Mike Loewenson, Rene Brain Drain Without a foundation of skilled human resources, healthcare systems cannot function adequately or effectively, particularly in the public sector and at the primary level of care. However, health systems in southern Africa face a variety of health personnel problems, including overall scarcity and an inequitable distribution of health personnel. Zimbabwe Regional Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa Text 41p http://iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/health_personnel_in_southern_africa-_confronting_maldistribution_and_brain_drain.pdf