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  Skilled health professionals’ migration and its impact on health delivery in Zimbabwe

  The Centre on Migration, Policy and Society at the University of Oxford, 2004

  This paper, published by the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, investigates the magnitude of migration of health professionals from Zimbabwe, the causes of such movements and the associated impacts on health care delivery. It establishes the major reasons for migration including: poor living conditions, low wages and political violence.
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  Public sector nurses in Swaziland: can the downturn be reversed?

  Human Resources for Health, 2006

  This paper, published in Human Resources for Health, describes the current situation of the health workforce in the public sector in Swaziland. Swaziland, like most other countries in southern Africa, is facing a human resources crisis that is exacerbated by the impact of HIV and AIDS.
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  Migration of health-care workers from developing countries: strategic approaches to its management

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2004

  This article, published by the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, examines some key issues related to the migration of health workers from developing countries including trends in migration and reasons for migration. It suggests that the shortage of health-care personnel in richer countries has a significant impact on the flow of health-care workers throughout the world.
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  Impact, regulation and health policy implications of physician migration in OECD countries

  Human Resources for Health, 2004

  This paper, published in Human Resources for Health, examines the impact of physician migration on home and host countries – particularly countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – and discusses international regulation and policy approaches governing physician migration.
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  Improving supervision: a team approach

  Management Sciences for Health, 1993

  This issue of The Family Planning Manager explores the experiences and importance of supervision in human resources for health. It highlights how necessary resources and training for supervisors are often lacking. It also outlines how supervisory visits rarely occur on schedule, and those being supervised often don't understand the benefits of supervision.
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  Productivity amongst nurses and midwives in Botswana

  African Sociological Review, 2002

  This study, published in the African Sociological Review, analyses the productivity of nurses and midwives in Botswana. The authors found that productivity was 70 per cent productive, based on the frequency with which the studied nurses and midwives performed a set of routine activities.
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  Contemporary specificities of labour in the health care sector: introductory notes for discussion

  Human Resources for Health, 2005

  This review, published in Human Resources for Health, considers the literature on public health, economics of health and economics of technological innovation in combination, in order to discuss the peculiarities of labour in the health care sector.
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  Economic incentive in community nursing: attraction, rejection or indifference?

  Human Resources for Health, 2003

  This discussion paper, from Human Resources for Health , examines the range and influence of economic incentives and disincentives affecting community nurses The author considers if economic incentives and disincentives in community nursing exist, whether they have a perceivable impact and in what areas.
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  A study identifying factors affecting retention of midwives in Malawi

  Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 2003

  This study, from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, examines the retention of midwives in Malawi. The study looks specifically at the Safe Motherhood Project (SMP) in southern Malawi, whose aim is to lower the maternal mortality rate. However, one of the main barriers for the project to achieve its aim has been attrition of skilled attendants, such as midwives.
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  Positive practice environments: key considerations for the development of a framework to support the integration of international nurses

  International Centre on Nurse Migration, 2006

  This paper, published by the International Centre on Nurse Migration, examines the experiences of nurses who have migrated, the influences of international policies and agreements, and the social and personal benefits and costs of migration.

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