Objectives There is a shortage of doctors working in rural areas all over the world, especially
in low-income and middle-income countries. The choice to practise medicine in a rural area …

Background Medical specialty selection is a complex phenomenon that can affect the
performance of health systems, community health, and physicians' lives. It is essential to …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended physician to
population ratio is 23: 10,000. Kenya has a physician to population ratio of 1.8: 10,000 and …

Background In recent years, the number of students from Asian and African countries to
study medicine in China has been on the rise. This study investigated the migration …

Patient satisfaction is a useful measure for providing quality indicators in health-care
services. Concern over the quality of health-care services in Bangladesh has resulted in a …

Background “Contracting Out” is a popular strategy to expand coverage and utilization of
health services. Bangladesh began contracting out primary healthcare services to NGOs in …

Introduction The selection of a medical specialty has been associated with multiple factors,
such as personal preferences, academic exposure, motivational factors and …

Background Uganda has an imbalanced distribution of the health workforce, which may be
influenced by the specialty career preferences of medical students. In spite of this, there is …

Bangladesh is committed to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2032; to this end,
the government of Bangladesh is exploring policy options to increase fiscal space for health …

Background A large number of programs have been implemented in many countries to
increase the healthcare workforce recruitment in rural and remote areas. Rural early …