South Africa and Health systems
- Capital:
Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- The policy implications of the global movement of nursing staff from poor to rich countries
- J. Buchan; T. Parkin; J. Sochalski / World Health Organization, 2003
- This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) examines the trends and policy implications of nurses moving from the developing world to work in wealthier countries. The focus is on a number of destination countries (Australia, ...
- Donors need to recognise Africa's human resources for health crisis
- K. Kober; W. van Damme / The Lancet, 2005
- This paper, published in the Lancet, examines plans for scaling up antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV-positive people in Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa. It reports that a lack of human resources for health, rather...
- Improving human resources for health: South Africa’s plan
- Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2005
- This draft paper, produced by the Department of Health, South Africa, presents a rapid appraisal of human resources in the South Africa health care system; outlines current issues relating to this subject; and describes the major pill...
- How health worker migration affects quality of care in Africa
- G. Awases; A. Gbary; J. Nyoni; R. Chatora / Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organisation, 2004
- This report, published by the WHO Regional Office for Africa, examines migration of health professionals in six African countries (Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe) during 1991-2000. It finds that the number...
- Incentives needed to sustain volunteers in community-based TB programmes
- S. Kironde; S. Klassen / International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2002
- This article, from the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, explores factors that motivate lay volunteers to joint tuberculosis (TB) control programmes in high burden, resource-limited settings. The study, based in ...
- Local management of health services needed to address international migration of health workers
- D. Sanders; B. Lloyd / Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2005
- This chapter, from the South African Health Review 2005, reviews human resources for health in South Africa from an international perspective. It highlights the vast inequities in global and regional distribution of health workers and...
- Better data needed to track medical brain drain
- A. Hagopian; M. Thompson; M. Fordyce / Human Resources for Health, 2004
- This Human Resources for Health paper details the characteristics and trends in migration to the United States (US) of physicians trained in sub-Saharan Africa. Findings reveal that more than 23 per cent of US physicians were trained ...
- Human resources for health in developing countries: what are the key research questions?
- C. Hongoro; B. McPake; F. Ssengooba; V Oliveira-Cruz / London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2004
- This paper, published by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Health Systems Development Programme, examines the issues and research questions surrounding human resources and health in developing countries. It argues tha...
- Wealth is not an accurate indicator of health
- A. Case; A. Deaton / Research Program in Development Studies, Princeton University, 2004
- This paper, produced by the Research Program in Development Studies and the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University, examines the links between economic and health status in Udaipur, India and Khayelitsha township in S...
- Lessons from Khayelitsha: treatment with antiretroviral drugs is feasible and affordable in resource-limited environments
- World Health Organization, 2003
- This paper, published by the World Health Organization, discusses the experience of a Médecins Sans Frontières programme to offer antiretroviral (ARV) treatment within primary health care centres in Khayelitsha township,...
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