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Getting more than “claps”: incentive preferences of voluntary community-based mobilizers in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Marie Stopes Tanzania works with a voluntary cadre of 66 community-based mobilizers (CBMs), who are tasked with raising awareness, …
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Doctor retention and distribution in post-apartheid South Africa: tracking medical graduates (2007–2011) from one university
BACKGROUND: Doctor emigration from low- and middle-income countries represents a financial loss and threatens the equitable delivery of healthcare. In …
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Reforming medical education admission and training in low- and middle-income countries: who gets admitted and why it matters
Recent studies reveal public-sector healthcare providers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are frequently absent from work, solicit informal payments …
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Reducing maternal and newborn mortality in Nigeria—a qualitative study of stakeholders’ perceptions about the performance of community health workers and the introduction of community midwifery at primary healthcare level
BACKGROUND: Rural communities in Nigeria account for high maternal and newborn mortality rates in the country. Thus, there is a …
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The effects of maternity waiting homes on the health workforce and maternal health service delivery in rural Zambia: a qualitative analysis
BACKGROUND: Maternity waiting homes (MWHs) are a potential strategy to address low facility delivery rates resulting from access-associated barriers in …
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Pre- and in-service training of health care workers on immunization data management in LMICs: a scoping review
BACKGROUND: Healthcare providers (HCPs) are recognized as one of the cornerstones and drivers of health interventions. Roles such as documentation …
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Psychological wellbeing in a resource-limited work environment: examining levels and determinants among health workers in rural Malawi
BACKGROUND: A competent, responsive, and productive health workforce is central to a well-performing health system capable of providing universal access …
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Case study of a method of development of a selection process for community health workers in sub-Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND: Choosing who should be recruited as a community health worker (CHW) is an important task, for their future performance …
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Health workforce development and retention in Guinea: a policy analysis post-Ebola
BACKGROUND: The state of the Guinean health workforce is one of the country's bottlenecks in advancing health outcomes. The impact …
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The impact of India’s accredited social health activist (ASHA) program on the utilization of maternity services: a nationally representative longitudinal modelling study
BACKGROUND: In 2006, the Government of India launched the accredited social health activist (ASHA) program, with the goal to connect …
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Paramedics, poetry, and film: health policy and systems research at the intersection of theory, art, and practice
Violence is a public health issue. It is the consequence of a complex set of interacting political, social, and economic …
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Critical success factors for the successful initiation of Lean in public hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal: a factor analysis and structural equation modelling study
Lean thinking is one of several operations-management techniques which have yet to be fully embraced in the South African health …
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Burnout among primary healthcare workers during implementation of integrated mental healthcare in rural Ethiopia: a cohort study
BACKGROUND: The short-term course of burnout in healthcare workers in low- and middle-income countries has undergone limited evaluation. The aim …
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Public private partnership in the training of doctors after the 1990s’ health sector reforms: the case of Tanzania
Similar to many other low- and middle-income countries, public private partnership (PPP) in the training of the health workforce has …
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The children’s nursing workforce in Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, South Africa and Zambia: generating an initial indication of the extent of the workforce and training activity
BACKGROUND: This study sought to identify, as far as possible, the extent of the specialist children's nursing workforce in five …
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Flexibility of deployment: challenges and policy options for retaining health workers during crisis in Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: Zimbabwe experienced a socio-economic crisis from 1997 to 2008 which heavily impacted all sectors. In this context, human resource …
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Nurses and midwives demographic shift in Ghana—the policy implications of a looming crisis
As part of measures to address severe shortage of nurses and midwives, Ghana embarked on massive scale-up of the production …
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“Posting policies don’t change because there is peace or war”: the staff deployment challenges for two large health employers during and after conflict in Northern Uganda
BACKGROUND: Between 1986 and 2006, the Acholi region in Uganda experienced armed conflict which disrupted the health system including human …
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For more than money: willingness of health professionals to stay in remote Senegal
BACKGROUND: Poor distribution of already inadequate numbers of health professionals seriously constrains equitable access to health services in low- and …
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National guidance and district-level practices in the supervision of community health workers in South Africa: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Supportive supervision is considered critical to community health worker programme performance, but there is relatively little understanding of how …
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