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Redressing the gender imbalance: a qualitative analysis of recruitment and retention in Mozambique’s community health workforce
BACKGROUND: Mozambique's community health programme has a disproportionate number of male community health workers (known as Agentes Polivalentes Elementares (APEs)). …
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Developing metrics for nursing quality of care for low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review linked to stakeholder engagement
BACKGROUND: The use of appropriate and relevant nurse-sensitive indicators provides an opportunity to demonstrate the unique contributions of nurses to …
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Using hospital auxiliary worker and 24-h TB services as potential tools to overcome in-hospital TB delays: a quasi-experimental study
BACKGROUND: In-hospital logistic management barriers (LMB) are considered to be important risk factors for delays in TB diagnosis and treatment …
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A scoping review on family medicine in sub-Saharan Africa: practice, positioning and impact in African health care systems
BACKGROUND: Family medicine (FM) is a relatively new discipline in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), still struggling to find its place in …
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Supervision as a tool for building surgical capacity of district hospitals: the case of Zambia
INTRODUCTION: Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have adopted task shifting of surgical responsibilities to non-physician clinicians (NPCs) as a solution …
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Can traditional bonesetters become trained technicians? Feasibility study among a cohort of Nigerian traditional bonesetters
BACKGROUND: Traditional bonesetters (TBS) provide the majority of primary fracture care in Nigeria and other low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). …
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The imperative of evidence-based health workforce planning and implementation: lessons from nurses and midwives unemployment crisis in Ghana
Following periods of health workforce crisis characterised by a severe shortage of nurses, midwives and doctors due to low production …
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Changing demographic trends among South African occupational therapists: 2002 to 2018
BACKGROUND: South Africa's quadruple burden of disease, coupled with health system challenges and other factors, predicts a high burden of …
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Task shifting for point-of-care early infant diagnosis: a comparison of the quality of testing between nurses and laboratory personnel in Zimbabwe
Abstract Background To decentralize point-of-care early infant diagnosis (POC EID), task shifting to cadres such as nurses is important. However, …
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Career mobility of maternal care providers in Mali: a mixed method study on midwives and obstetric nurses
BACKGROUND: An important strategy to reduce maternal and child mortality in Mali is to increase the number of deliveries assisted …
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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 …