<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium">"Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)" <<a href="mailto:ruglucia@PAHO.ORG" target="_blank">ruglucia@PAHO.ORG</a>><br>
</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium"><b>CROSSPOSTED FROM: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium">"Equity, Health & Human Development" <<a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@LISTSERV.PAHO.ORG" target="_blank">EQUIDAD@LISTSERV.PAHO.ORG</a>></span></div>
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<div><h1 style="margin-top:12pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;font-weight:bold"><b><font size="3" color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon">Increasing access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention<br>
<br></span></font></b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Global policy recommendations</span></font></h1><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">
<b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">World Health Organization WHO - 2010<strong><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span> </span></span></font></b></strong></span></font></b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> -<span> </span><strong><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial">ISBN</span></font></b></strong><b><span style="font-weight:bold">: 9789241564014<br>
<br></span></b></span></font></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Available online PDF [80p.] at:<span> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/bw3qy9" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">http://bit.ly/bw3qy9</span></font></a><span> </span><br>
<br></span></font></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">‘’…….Globally, approximately one half of the population lives in rural areas, but less than 38% of the nurses and less than 25% of the physicians work there. While getting and keeping health workers in rural and remote areas is a challenge for all countries, the situation is worse in the 57 countries that have an absolute shortage of health workers.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">After a year-long consultative effort, this document proposes sixteen evidence-based recommendations on how to improve the recruitment and retention of health workers in underserved areas. It also offers a guide for policy makers to choose the most appropriate interventions, and to implement, monitor and evaluate their impact over time….”<br>
<br></span></font></p><div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Tables of contents</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Executive Summary</span></font></b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">1. Introduction</span></font></b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">1.1 Rationale</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">1.2 Objective</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">1.3 Target audience</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">1.4 Scope</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">1.4.1 Types of health workers targeted</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">1.4.2 Geographical areas covered</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">1.4.3 Categories of interventions covered</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">1.5 Process for formulating the global recommendations</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">1.6 Dissemination process</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">1.7 Methodology</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">1.8 Structure of the report</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">2. Principles to guide the formulation of national policies to improve retention of health workers in remote and rural areas</span></font></b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">2.1 Focus on health equity</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">2.2 Ensure rural retention policies are part of the national health plan</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">2.3 Understand the health workforce</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">2.4 Understand the wider context</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">2.5 Strengthen human resource management systems</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">2.6 Engage with all relevant stakeholders from the beginning of the process</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">2.7 Get into the habit of evaluation and learning</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">3. Evidence-based recommendations to improve attraction, recruitment and retention of health workers in remote and rural areas</span></font></b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.1 Education</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.1.1 Get the “right” students</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.1.2 Train students closer to rural communities</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.1.3 Bring students to rural communities</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.1.4 Match curricula with rural health needs</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.1.5 Facilitate professional development</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.2 Regulatory interventions</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.2.1 Create the conditions for rural health workers to do more</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.2.2 Train more health workers faster to meet rural health needs</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">2 3.2.3 Make the most of compulsory service</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.2.4 Tie education subsidies to mandatory placements</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.3 Financial incentives</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.3.1 Make it worthwhile to move to a remote or rural area</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.4 Personal and professional support</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.4.1 Pay attention to living conditions</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.4.2 Ensure the workplace is up to an acceptable standard</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.4.3 Foster interaction between urban and rural health workers</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.4.4 Design career ladders for rural health workers</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.4.5 Facilitate knowledge exchange</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">3.4.6 Raise the profile of rural health workers</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">4. Measuring results: how to select, implement and evaluate rural retention policies<span> </span></span></font></b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">35</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">4.1 Relevance: which interventions best respond to national priorities and the expectations of health workers and rural communities?</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">4.2 Acceptability: which interventions are politically acceptable and have the most stakeholder support?</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">4.3 Affordability: which interventions are affordable?</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">4.4 Effectiveness: have complementarities and potential unintended consequences between various interventions been considered?</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">4.5 Impact: what indicators will be used to measure impact over time?</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">5. Research gaps and research agenda</span></font></b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">5.1 Research gaps</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">5.1.1 Study all types of health workers</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">5.1.2 More research in low-income countries</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">5.1.3 More well-designed evaluations</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">5.1.4 Quality of the evidence – not only “what works”, but also “why” and “how”</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:1in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">5.2 Research agenda</span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">6. Deciding on the strength of the recommendations</span></font></b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Methodology</span></font></b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';color:windowtext;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">List of participants<span> </span><br>
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