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  A balanced scorecard for health services in Afghanistan

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2007

  The Ministry of Public Health in Afghanistan has developed a balanced scorecard (BSC) to regularly monitor the progress of its strategy to deliver a basic package of health services. Although frequently used in other health care settings, this represents the first time that the BSC has been employed in a developing country.
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  Guidelines for occupational safety and health, including HIV in the health services sector

  US Agency for International Development, 2008

  These guidelines, published by the Ministry of Health of Uganda, recognise that all types of work are hazardous and persons at work are exposed to situations that may result into injury, disease or even death. In Uganda, the authors argue that the health sector is loaded with a wide variety of situations where health and safety issues are crucial.
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  Promoting health and equity: evidence, policy and action: cases from the Western Pacific region

  Regional Office for the Western Pacific, World Health Organisation, 2009

  This book, published by the Western Pacific Regional Office of the World Health Organization, notes that health equity and the barriers to achieving it in developing countries have been a major subject of research for many years, resulting in a growing evidence base on policies and actions to promote health equity.
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  Guide to monitoring and evaluating health information products and services

  Health Information and Publications Network, 2007

  This guide, which resulted from a collaborative process involving members of HIPNET (Health Information and Publications Network), brings together knowledge about monitoring and evaluating information products and services from dozens of health organisations.
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  Learning for performance: a guide and toolkit for health worker training and education programs

  The Capacity Project, 2007

  This guide, published by The Capacity Project, presents Learning for Performance, a systematic instructional design process that is targeted to fix a performance problem or gap when workers lack the essential skills and knowledge for a specific job responsibility, competency or task.
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  Financial incentives for return of service in underserved areas: a systematic review

  2009

  The shortage of human resources for health can severely impact on the provision of health services; therefore incentive programmes have been used to attract health professionals to work in locations most affected by the lack of staff.
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  Acceptability and accessibility of HIV testing and treatment services in Bembeyi, Bunia, North Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo – A Participatory Reflection and Action (PRA) Project Report

  EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2009

  This paper explores the challenges in ensuring equitable access to HIV and AIDS services for persons in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The HIV and AIDS prevalence rate is reported as five percent, with a disproportionate number of people from rural communities being infected.
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  Challenges and priorities for global mental health research in low- and middle-income countries: symposium report

  The Academy of Medical Sciences, 2008

  With mental disorders constituting a significant proportion of the global health burden, there is a pressing need for co-ordinated efforts in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) to address their impacts.
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  Setting priorities for global mental health research

  World Health Organization, 2009

  With about 14 percent of the global burden of disease attributable to mental disorders, investment in mental health research is pertinent.
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  Hearing community voices: grassroots perceptions of an intervention to support health volunteers in South Africa

  Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance, 2008

  With the scarcity of African health professionals, volunteers are earmarked for an increased role in HIV/AIDS management, with a growing number of projects relying on grassroots community members to provide home nursing care to those with AIDS – as part of the wider task-shifting agenda. Yet little is known about how best to facilitate such involvement.

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