Current health challenges
Cancer	63
Diabetes	43
Heart disease	67
HIV/AIDS	11
Road accidents	21
Underweight	2
Tobacco	25
Malaria	6
Obesity	31
Respiratory disease	6
Tuberculosis	11
Depression	22
Injuries	6
Alcohol and Drugs	22
Other	23
Total	359
The top 3 global trends	nb reponses
Trade policies	44
Terrorism	7
Newly emerging or remerging infectious diseases	33
Health professional migration	12
Dietary changes	63
Availability of Medicines	34
Global communications	19
Population migration	8
New technologies	33
Unequal access to information	48
Other	21
Total	322
Challenges in five years	nb reponses
Cancer	55
Diabetes	38
Heart disease	61
HIV/AIDS	17
Road accidents	24
Depression	30
Underweight	3
Malaria	5
Obesity	47
Respiratory disease	16
Tuberculosis	11
Injuries	6
Tobacco	17
Other	15
Total	345
Health system challenges
Access to healthcare	50
Health system infrastructure	39
Patient safety	38
Blood safety	1
Appropriate health budgeting	64
Research budgets	12
Access to information	3
Access to medicine	11
Health professional training	33
Health professional involvement in policy-making	44
Counterfeit medicines	2
Patient education	22
Quality monitoring	21
Other	9
Total	349
Top HR challenges
Migration of health professionals	18
Work load too heavy	56
Lack of career opportunity	20
High stress	39
Not enough staff	34
Discrepancy between training and actual job	18
Lack of infrastructure	5
Violence in the workplace	3
Retention of health professionals	32
Salaries more attractive elsewhere	30
Access to continuing education	15
Working hours not flexible	8
Too many patients per person	25
Lack of treatment options	2
Health facility resources	29
Other	12
Total	346
Future top HR challenges
Migration of health professionals	31
Work load too heavy	40
Lack of career opportunity	21
High stress	40
Not enough staff	29
Discrepancy between training and actual job	16
Lack of infrastructure	8
Violence in the workplace	3
Retention of health professionals	38
Salaries more attractive elsewhere	35
Access to continuing education	17
Working hours not flexible	12
Too many patients per person	16
Lack of treatment options	1
Health facility resources	22
Other	17
Total	346
Association involvement
Developing a charter of commitment	25
Publicising numbers of staff leaving	13
Developing ethical recruitment guidelines	36
Being involved in regulatory mechanisms	62
Being active in national WHPA	22
Monitoring numbers of staff leaving	11
Lobbying government	76
Sitting on expert committees	53
Lobbying WHO	12
Lobbying WTO	1
Other	31
Total	342
Involvement in national policy-making
Lobbying government	93
Being involved in regulatory mechanisms	72
Being active in national associations	69
Benchmarking against work other associations in other countries are carrying out	9
Sitting on expert committees	64
Lobbying national WHO representatives	3
Lobbying national WTO representatives	2
Other	36
Total	348
Access to information
Knowledge of key health information	60
Patient safety (e.g. adverse drug event reporting etc.)	52
Patient seeking out health professionals	16
Patient compliance	55
Appropriate use of health services	55
Regular medical check ups	13
Lack of appropriate screening	4
Appropriate use of health funding	13
Quality outcomes	36
Appropriate policy making	17
Other	30
Total	351
Access to information
Produce and/or distribute patient info sheets	49
Regularly publish articles	26
Provide communication training to professionals	44
Produce video materials	3
Quality reviews	13
Support patient organisations	22
Support patient information policies	32
Sponsor telephone hotlines	4
Sponsor webbased information	13
Brief journalists	22
Publish patient focused magazines	7
Patient satisfaction surveys	13
Advocate for access to information	37
Other	28
Nothing	29
Total	342
	Not	Somewhat	Very	No opinion
WHO	7	37	60	10
	Not	Somewhat	Very	No opinion
WTO	17	48	38	12
	Not	Somewhat	Very	No opinion
World Bank	37	40	25	13
				Not	Somewhat	Very	No opinion
			WHO	7	37	60	10
			WTO	17	48	38	12
			World Bank	37	40	25	13
	Most	less	a little	somewhat	least
Building a stronger voice in international health policy (e.g. WHO, WTO; WIPO, etc.)	66	14	10	2	22
	Most	less	a little	somewhat	least
Building a stronger voice in regional health policy	26	17	24	10	37
	Most	less	a little	somewhat	least
Supporting national organisations in building a stronger voice in national health policy	41	35	10	5	25
	Most	less	a little	somewhat	least
Advocating for better human resource training and management	22	17	18	19	39
	Most	less	a little	somewhat	least
Advocating for better health issue management	7	12	9	17	70
	Most	less	a little	somewhat	least
Advocating for better health systems management	27	16	20	16	36
				Most	less	a little	somewhat	least
			Building a stronger voice in international health policy (e.g. WHO, WTO; WIPO, etc.)	66	14	10	2	22
			Building a stronger voice in regional health policy	26	17	24	10	37
			Supporting national organisations in building a stronger voice in national health policy	41	35	10	5	25
			Advocating for better human resource training and management	22	17	18	19	39
			Advocating for better health issue management	7	12	9	17	70
			Advocating for better health systems management	27	16	20	16	36