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Retention strategies for Swaziland's health sector workforce: assessing the role of non-financial incentives
EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2008This country study maps and assesses incentives for retaining heath workers, particularly non-financial incentives. It explores existing policies, their relevance to current factors driving exit and retention, and proposes guidelines for introducing and managing incentives for health worker retention to maximise their positive impact.DocumentA guide for monitoring and evaluation of Avian Influenza programs in Southeast Asia
MEASURE Evaluation, 2008As the world enters its sixth year of responding to the challenges posed by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), the international community has recognized the need to move from an emergency mindset to a mid- to long-term perspective. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) systems form a critical element in these longer-term approaches.DocumentThe double burden of human resource and HIV crises: a case study of Malawi
Human Resources for Health, 2008This paper published in Human Resources for Health examines the two crises that dominate the health sectors of sub-Saharan African countries: those of human resources and of HIV.DocumentNon-financial incentives and the retention of health workers in Tanzania: combined evidence from literature review and a focussed crosssectional study
EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2008This report, published by EQUINET, details how non-financial incentives are being used in Tanzania as one way of encouraging health workers to remain in their posts.DocumentEmpowering primary care workers to improve health services: results from Mozambique's leadership and management development program
Human Resources for Health, 2008This article, published in Human Resources for Health, presents a successful application in Mozambique of a leadership development programme created by Management Sciences for Health (MSH). Through this programme, managers from 40 countries have learnt to work in teams to identify their priority challenges and act to implement effective responses.DocumentA renaissance in primary health care
The Lancet, 2008This editorial from The Lancet describes the history of primary health care (PHC) from its founding declaration in Alma Ata 30 years ago to the present day. The article describes how the declaration revolutionised the interpretation of health for the 2,000 million people who were estimated to have no access to adequate health care in 1978.DocumentReturn to Alma-Ata
The Lancet, 2008This editorial in the Lancet written by Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), looks at what has happened to primary health care (PHC) in the 30 years since it was articulated in the Alma Ata declaration.DocumentIs there a market for voluntary health insurance in developing countries?
National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2008In many developing countries about half of all spending on health care is out-of-pocket. This study, from the National Bureau of Economic Research, examines the distribution of such spending according to income and type of health care in order to assess whether it would be possible to supply voluntary private health insurance to reduce variation in spending.DocumentHealth insurance in low-income countries: where is the evidence that it works?
Action for Global Health, 2008This report published by Oxfam examines the role of health insurance mechanisms will close health financing gaps and benefit poor people.The mechanisms discussed in this paper are: Private Health Insurance; Private for-Profit Micro Health Insurance; Community Based Health Insurance; and Social Health Insurance.DocumentWorld health report 2008: primary health care – now more than ever
World Health Organization, 2008The 2008 WHO World Health Report focuses on Primary Health Care (PHC) and marks the 30th anniversary of the inception of PHC at Alma Ata, Kazakhstan. The report is split into six chaptersPages