[Health manpower in Colombia].

With its great emphasis on community participation, Colombia's health policy aims to check the inordinate demand for free medical care, hospitalization, and health resources and to provide better services for the needy and the community at large. Available data are provided on the proportion of physicians to the population (6,5/10,000), and on the estimated numbers of nurses (6,070), nurse's aides (13,016), auxiliaries (25,771) and professional dentists (10,069). This is followed by data on the estimated numbers of graduates in the health professions and the target for the year 2000 (53,143 physicians, 16,469 nurses, and 21,600 dentists). Finally, recommendations are put forward on policy and education, among them that plans for the training of health manpower be consistent with the country's growth and financial capacity.