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  Migration of health professionals in six countries: a synthesis report

  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 of registered health professionals other than nurses increased in all six countries.
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  A strategic framework for the human resources for health plan: draft for discussion

  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 pillars of the country’s National Human Resource Plan for Health.
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  What motivates lay volunteers in high burden but resource-limited tuberculosis control programmes? Perceptions from the Northern Cape province, South Africa

  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 the Northern Cape province of South Africa, found that volunteers do not receive monetary incentives in Northern Cape TB programmes.
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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 migration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States of America: measures of the African brain drain

  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 outside of the US, with a majority trained in low-income or lower middle-income countries.
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  Human resource studies in health for poor and transitional countries

  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 that health system performance is largely driven by human resources because health services are by nature labour-intensive.
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  Health and wealth among the poor: India and South Africa compared

  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 South Africa. The aim of the study was to assess the accuracy of the ‘wealthier is healthier’ hypothesis.
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  Antiretroviral therapy in primary healthcare: Experience of the Khayelitsha programme in South Africa

  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, Cape Town, South Africa.It provides an overview of the treatment programme, and outlines a range of positive outcomes.These include dramatic improvements in health a
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  HIV/AIDS, poverty and growth: evidence from a household impact study conducted in the Free State province, South Africa

  Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 2002

  This paper from the Centre for Study of African Economies (CSAE) reports on a study to assess the impact of HIV/AIDS on households. It finds that many affected households in South Africa rely heavily on social welfare grants. This implies that the government will in future years be faced with increasing claims.
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  Engendering budgets: a practitioners’ guide to understanding and implementing gender-responsive budgets

  Commonwealth Secretariat, 2003

  This guide, from the Commonwealth Secretariat, is intended to help practitioners design and implement gender-responsive budgets (GRB). The first part of the guide provides background information on GRBs. Part two outlines how to implement a government budget, as well the budget process and potential entry points for beginning gender budget work.

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