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Health disparities in the United States correlating with race, ethnicity, language, economic status and other demographic factors have been documented by numerous researchers. According to the CDC, populations experiencing health disparities are growing as . demographics change. The future of American health depends on understanding, addressing, reducing, and eliminating these disparities. Disparities have been documented in infant mortality, cancer screening and management, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, immunization rates, asthma, environmental health risks, health literacy, life expectancy, insurance coverage, and just about every other major health issue. . | Assessing Financing Education Management and Policy Context for Strategic Planning of Human Resources 1 for Health Ểắteịịị World Health Organization Assessing Financing Education Management and Policy Context for Strategic Planning of Human Resources for Health Thomas Bossert I Till Barnighausen I Diana Bowser Andrew Mitchell I Gulin Gedik World Health Organization WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Assessing financing education management and policy context for strategic planning of human resources for health Thomas Bossert . et al. . manpower- economics. personnel - education. manpower - organization and administration. policy. planning. making. . EWorld Health Organization. Thomas. ISBN 978 92 4 154731 4 NLM classification W 76 World Health Organization 2007 All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health Organization can be obtained from WHO Press World Health Organization 20 Avenue Appia 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland tel. 41 22 791 3264 fax 41 22 791 4857 e-mail bookorders@ . Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution should be addressed to WHO Press at the above address fax 41 22 791 4806 e-mail permissions@ . The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country territory city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organization in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors and omissions .