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    Human resources: international context: Chapter 6 of the South African Health Review 2005

    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 briefly examines those factors affecting human resource development.
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    The impact of HIV/AIDS on health systems and the health workforce in sub-Saharan Africa

    US Agency for International Development, 2003
    This paper, prepared by the Bureau for Africa of the USAID Office of Sustainable Development, examines the impact of HIV and AIDS on the health workforce in sub-Saharan Africa. It aims to assist planners in the development and management of the health workforce as well as guide the development of tools for assessing impacts of HIV and AIDS.
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    HIV/AIDS and human resources

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2005
    This editorial, from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO), explores how the AIDS epidemic is impacting on human resources within health systems. HIV and AIDS have been described as a triple threat to human resources for health (HRH). Firstly, they increase the burden of disease, imposing heavier workloads.
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    Human resources for health and the global HIV/AIDS pandemic

    Physicians for Human Rights, 2005
    This testimony to the United States (US) House International Relations Committee by Physicians for Human Rights, outlines the impact of HIV and AIDS on human resources for health (HRH) in Africa and suggests how the US government could help to address these issues. The author outlines the health worker shortage in Africa due to lack of funding for public health and the brain drain.
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    Role of traditional birth attendants in preventing perinatal transmission of HIV

    British Medical Journal, 2002
    This article, from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) explores how traditional birth attendants could be involved in preventing perinatal transmission of HIV. Rich nations have been able to keep these rates low with the use of anti-retroviral drugs, elective caesarean sections and avoidance of breastfeeding.
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    Scaling-up anti-retroviral treatment and human resources for health: what are the challenges in sub-Saharan Africa?

    Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2004
    This document, commissioned by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), assesses human resources for health (HRH) constraints for scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) and identifies strategies for overcoming them. The paper also includes a case study of scaling up a project in Tanzania.
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    Human resources for health and ART scale-up in sub-Saharan Africa: A background paper for the MSF Access to Essential Drugs Campaign

    Access to Essential Medicines Campaign, MSF, 2005
    This report, prepared as a background paper for the MSF Access to Essential Drugs Campaign, examines how the current human resources for health (HRH) situation in sub-Saharan Africa will affect attempts to scale up ART (anti-retroviral therapy) delivery. The current HRH crisis is characterised by workforce shortages, poor distribution of workers, and migration of skilled staff to other countries.
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    Human resource management rapid assessment tool for HIV/AIDS environments: a guide for strengthening HRM systems

    Management Sciences for Health, 2003
    This document, produced by Management Sciences for Health (MSH), is a rapid assessment tool to identify strengths and weaknesses of Human Resource Management (HRM) systems. It is a self-evaluation tool aiming to help non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and public health institutions form strategies to improve themselves.
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    Responding to HIV/AIDS in Africa: a comparative analysis of responses to the Abuja Declaration in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Zimbabwe

    ActionAid International, 2004
    This ActionAid publication compares the achievements and challenges of four African countries – Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Zimbabwe – in relation to the 2001 Abuja Declaration. The primary goal of the Abuja Declaration was to reverse the rate of HIV infection, TB and other related infectious diseases.
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    Vouchers for health: using voucher schemes for output-based aid

    Public Policy for the Private Sector [World Bank], 2002
    This note, published by the World Bank, examines a donor-supported scheme in Nicaragua, which involved giving vouchers for sexual health services to commercial sex workers and their partners and clients. The highest rates of voucher redemption were among the poorest women and among groups with the highest initial rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

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