Drivers of health workers' migration, intention to migrate and non-migration from low/middle-income countries, 1970–2022: a systematic review

P Toyin-Thomas, P Ikhurionan, EE Omoyibo… - BMJ global …, 2023 - gh.bmj.com
Background The migration of healthcare workers (HWs) from low/middle-income countries
(LMICs) is a pressing global health issue with implications for population-level health …

Human resources for primary health care in sub-Saharan Africa: progress or stagnation?

ML Willcox, W Peersman, P Daou, C Diakité… - Human resources for …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background The World Health Organization defines a “critical shortage” of health
workers as being fewer than 2.28 health workers per 1000 population and failing to attain …

The burden of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: a four-country cross sectional study

D Guwatudde, J Nankya-Mutyoba, R Kalyesubula… - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background Hypertension, the leading single cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, is
a growing public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Few studies have estimated …

[HTML][HTML] Primary health care and sustainable development goals

S Chotchoungchatchai, AI Marshall… - Bulletin of the World …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We examine the potential and limitations of primary health care in contributing to the
achievement of the health-related sustainable development goals (SDGs), and recommend …

[PDF][PDF] Patient-centered care and people-centered health systems in sub-Saharan Africa: Why so little of something so badly needed?

J De Man, WM Roy, N Sarkar, E Waweru… - International Journal of …, 2016 - academia.edu
Patient–centered care (PCC) is increasingly recognized as a key dimension of quality
healthcare, but unfortunately remains poorly implemented in practice. This paper explores …

[HTML][HTML] A provisão emergencial de médicos pelo Programa Mais Médicos ea qualidade da estrutura das unidades básicas de saúde

L Giovanella, MHM Mendonça… - Ciência & Saúde …, 2016 - SciELO Public Health
No contexto das políticas de saúde no Brasil, observa-se um conjunto de ações para
qualificação da atenção primária à saúde (APS), entre as quais os Programas Nacional de …

Talent management of international nurses in healthcare settings: A systematic review

SH Zulfiqar, N Ryan, E Berkery, C Odonnell, H Purtil… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Aim To identify and systematically review current scholarship on talent management of
international nurses in healthcare organizations. Background As nurse shortages …

African female physicians and nurses in the global care chain: qualitative explorations from five destination countries

S Wojczewski, S Pentz, C Blacklock, K Hoffmann… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Migration of health professionals is an important policy issue for both source and destination
countries around the world. The majority of migrant care workers in industrialized countries …

“Why should I have come here?”-a qualitative investigation of migration reasons and experiences of health workers from sub-Saharan Africa in Austria

E Jirovsky, K Hoffmann, M Maier, R Kutalek - BMC health services …, 2015 - Springer
Background There are many health professionals from abroad working in the European
Union and in Austria. The situation of sub-Saharan health workers in particular has now …

Stakeholders' perceptions on shortage of healthcare workers in primary healthcare in Botswana: focus group discussions

O Nkomazana, R Mash, S Shaibu, N Phaladze - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background An adequate health workforce force is central to universal health coverage and
positive public health outcomes. However many African countries have critical shortages of …