Volume 12 Supplement 1
Addressing the human resources for health crisis through task-shifting and retention: results from the Africa Health Systems Initiative's research component
Research
Edited by Esmé Lanktree, Marc Cohen, Renée Larocque and Francis Omaswa (Guest Editor)
The publication costs associated with this supplement are funded by Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada and the International Development Research Centre through the Global Health Research Initiative. Articles have undergone the journal's standard peer review process for supplements. Supplement Editor declarations: Esmé Lanktree serves as Program Management Officer with the Global Health Research Initiative. Renée Larocque serves as Senior Program Officer with the Global Health Research Initiative. Marc Cohen serves as Program Officer with the Global Health Research Initiative. The Global Health Research Initiative supported the assembly and publication of this supplement. The views expressed in this supplement are those of the authors alone and do not represent the views of the Global Health Research Initiative, the International Development Research Centre, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, nor Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada. Francis Omaswa declares that he has no competing interests.
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Content type: Foreword
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Content type: Introduction
Authors: Esmé Lanktree, Adrijana Corluka, Marc Cohen and Renée Larocque
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Content type: Research
In response to Zambia’s critical human resources for health challenges, a number of strategies have been implemented to recruit and retain health workers in rural and remote areas. Prior to this study, the eff...
Authors: Fastone M Goma, Gail Tomblin Murphy, Adrian MacKenzie, Miriam Libetwa, Selestine H Nzala, Clara Mbwili-Muleya, Janet Rigby and Amy Gough
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Content type: Research
Primary eye care (PEC) in sub-Saharan Africa usually means the diagnosis, treatment, and referral of eye conditions at the most basic level of the health system by primary health care workers (PHCWs), who rece...
Authors: Khumbo Kalua, Michael Gichangi, Ernest Barassa, Edson Eliah, Susan Lewallen and Paul Courtright
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Content type: Research
The inclusion of primary eye care (PEC) in the scope of services provided by general primary health care (PHC) workers is a ‘task shifting’ strategy to help increase access to eye care in Africa. PEC training,...
Authors: Hery Harimanitra Andriamanjato, Wanjiku Mathenge, Khumbo Kalua, Paul Courtright and Susan Lewallen
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Content type: Research
This project examined the surgical productivity and attrition of non-physician cataract surgeons (NPCSs) in Tanzania, Malawi, and Kenya.
Authors: Edson Eliah, Susan Lewallen, Khumbo Kalua, Paul Courtright, Michael Gichangi and Ken Bassett
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Content type: Research
The ever increasing demand for surgical services in sub-Saharan Africa is creating a need to increase the number of health workers able to provide surgical care. This calls for the optimisation of all availabl...
Authors: William Buwembo, Ian G Munabi, Moses Galukande, Olivia Kituuka and Samuel A Luboga
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Content type: Research
Health personnel retention in remote areas is a key health systems issue wordwide. To deal with this issue, since 2002 the government of Burkina Faso has implemented a staff retention policy, the regionalized ...
Authors: Seni Kouanda, W Maurice E Yaméogo, Valéry Ridde, Issa Sombié, Banza Baya, Abel Bicaba, Adama Traoré and Blaise Sondo
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Content type: Research
The lack of motivation of health workers to practice in rural areas remains a crucial problem for decision-makers, as it deprives the majority of access to health care. To solve the problem, many countries hav...
Authors: Fadima Yaya Bocoum, Eddine Koné, Seni Kouanda, W Maurice E Yaméogo and Aristide Romaric Bado
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Content type: Research
In 2006, Burkina Faso set up a policy to subsidize the cost of obstetric and neonatal emergency care. This policy has undoubtedly increased attendance at all levels of the health pyramid. The aim of this study...
Authors: Antarou Ly, Séni Kouanda and Valéry Ridde
