PHM-Exch> Retaining health workers in remote and rural areas

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org



 *This issue:
Addresses the special theme of retaining health workers in remote and rural
areas* *Volume 88, Number 5, May 2010, 321-400
Bulletin of the World Health Organization (BLT)
*http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/88/5/en/index.html

Chile; Combined incentives work; Cuba; Calling all doctors; Ghana;
Incentives for medical students; Kenya, South Africa & Thailand; Attracting
nurses to rural areas; Norway; Dealing with doctor shortages; Ethiopia and
Rwanda ; Who wants a rural health post? ; Nigeria; Pilot insurance plan;
Rising to the challenge; Senegal; Solving regional differences; Global;
Where have all the nurses gone?; Decentralized health financing; Does
compulsory service work?; Getting staff to stay in rural areas; The role of
medical schools;Where do we stand on the Millennium Development Goals?
Full article text
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*EDITORIALS*

One piece of the puzzle to solve the human resources for health crisis
- Manuel M Dayrit et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.078485
Full article text
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Striking the right balance: health workforce retention in remote and rural
areas
- Lincoln C Chen doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.078477
Full article text
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Five years to go and counting: progress towards the Millennium Development
Goals
- Carla AbouZahr & Ties Boerma doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.078451
Full article text
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*RESEARCH*

Rural practice preferences among medical students in Ghana: a discrete
choice experiment
- Margaret E Kruk et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.072892 Full article text
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Who wants to work in a rural health post? The role of intrinsic motivation,
rural background and faith-based institutions in Ethiopia and Rwanda
- Pieter Serneels et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.072728  Full article text
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Policy interventions that attract nurses to rural areas: a multicountry
discrete choice experiment
- D Blaauw et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.072918 Full article text
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*POLICY AND PRACTICE*

Increasing access to health workers in underserved areas: a conceptual
framework for measuring results
- Luis Huicho et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.070920 Full article text
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Compulsory service programmes for recruiting health workers in remote and
rural areas: do they work?
- Seble Frehywot et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.071605 Full article text
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The Chilean Rural Practitioner Programme: a multidimensional strategy to
attract and retain doctors in rural areas
- Sebastian Peña et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.072769 Full article text
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Evaluated strategies to increase attraction and retention of health workers
in remote and rural areas
- Carmen Dolea et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.070607 Full article text
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*LESSONS FROM THE FIELD*

How to recruit and retain health workers in underserved areas: the
Senegalese experience
- Pascal Zurn et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.070730 Full article text
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Effective physician retention strategies in Norway’s northernmost county
- Karin Straume & Daniel MP Shaw doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.072686 Full article
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*PERSPECTIVES*

How can medical schools contribute to the education, recruitment and
retention of rural physicians in their region?
- James Rourke doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.073072 Full article text
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Emerging opportunities for recruiting and retaining a rural health workforce
through decentralized health financing systems
- Mahjabeen Haji et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.072827 Full article text
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*BOOKS & ELECTRONIC MEDIA*

*Working in health: financing and managing the public sector health
workforce*
- Gilles Dussault doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.076190 Full article text
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