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Reducing geographical imbalances of health workers in Sub-Saharan Africa : a labor market perspective on what works, what does not, and why

Lemiere, Christophe

2011,2010

Overview

Bridging the Gap: Addressing Health Worker Imbalances in Sub-Saharan Africa This working paper tackles the critical issue of geographical imbalances in the health workforce across Sub-Saharan Africa. It analyzes labor market dynamics and their impact on urban-rural inequities, offering a fresh perspective on why these imbalances persist. Discover effective policy options for improving health resource allocation and achieving better health outcomes. This is for researchers, policy analysts, and policymakers seeking to understand and address health workforce challenges in the developing world. Learn how to: * Analyze health labor markets using economic principles * Evaluate the effectiveness of different policy interventions * Improve health system efficiency and reduce poverty

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications
• Subject: ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES / Arbeitsmarkt / AUXILIARY NURSES / BIRTH ATTENDANTS / BIRTH RATES / BRAIN DRAIN / BURDEN OF DISEASE / CAESAREAN SECTIONS / CASH TRANSFERS / CHILDHOOD DISEASES / CLINICAL GUIDELINES / CLINICS / COMMUNITY HEALTH / COST EFFECTIVENESS / COUNSELING / DEATHS / Delivery of health care -- economics / DESCRIPTION / DISSEMINATION / Drugs / ECONOMIC POLICIES / EQUILIBRIUM / EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES / EXISTING RESOURCES / EXPOSURE TO HEALTH RISKS / FEASIBILITY STUDIES / FEMALE / FEMALES / FEWER YEARS OF EDUCATION / FISCAL CONSTRAINTS / FORMAL EDUCATION / GENDER / GENERAL PRACTITIONERS / Gesundheitsberufe / GOVERNMENT POLICIES / Government policy / GYNECOLOGY / HEALTH CARE / HEALTH CARE FACILITIES / HEALTH CARE SERVICES / HEALTH CARE SYSTEM / HEALTH CENTERS / HEALTH CLINICS / Health economics / HEALTH EDUCATION / HEALTH EXTENSION / HEALTH FACILITIES / HEALTH INSURANCE / HEALTH INTERVENTIONS / HEALTH OFFICIALS / HEALTH POLICY / HEALTH PROBLEMS / HEALTH PROFESSIONALS / HEALTH PROVIDERS / HEALTH SECTOR / HEALTH SERVICES / HEALTH SYSTEM / HEALTH SYSTEMS / HEALTH TRAINING / HEALTH WORKERS / HEALTH WORKFORCE / HIV / HIV/AIDS / HOMES / HOSPITAL / HOUSEHOLDS / HOUSING / HUMAN RESOURCES / IMMIGRANT / IMMIGRANT HEALTH / IMMIGRATION / IMMIGRATION POLICIES / IMPORTANT POLICY / INCENTIVE SCHEMES / INCOME / INCOME DISTRIBUTION / INDEXES / INEQUALITY / INEQUITIES / INFANT / INFANT MORTALITY / INFANT MORTALITY RATE / INJURIES / INSERVICE TRAINING / JOB SECURITY / KEY HEALTH INTERVENTIONS / LAB TESTS / LABOR FORCE / LABOR MARKET / LABOR MARKETS / LABOR SHORTAGES / LABOR SUPPLY / Labour market / LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE / LEGAL STATUS / LIVE BIRTH / LIVE BIRTHS / LOCAL COMMUNITIES / LOCAL COMMUNITY / LOCAL GOVERNMENTS / MALARIA / MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS / MARRIED COUPLES / MATERNAL HEALTH / MATERNAL MORTALITY / MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES / MEDICAL / MEDICAL CARE / Medical economics -- Africa / Medical personnel / Medical personnel -- Supply and demand -- Africa / MEDICAL SCHOOL / MEDICAL SUPPLIES / MIDWIFE / MIDWIVES / MIGRATION / MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS / MINISTRIES OF HEALTH / MINISTRY OF HEALTH / MORTALITY / MORTALITY LEVELS / MORTALITY RATE / NATIONAL LEVEL / NURSE / NURSES / NURSES TRAINING / NURSING / OBSTETRICAL COMPLICATIONS / PATIENT / PATIENTS / PEDIATRICS / PHYSICIAN / PHYSICIANS / POLICY MAKERS / POLITICAL INSTABILITY / POOR / POOR AREAS / POPULATION DENSITY / POPULATION GROUPS / POVERTY INDICATORS / PRIMARY HEALTH CARE / PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES / PRIVATE DOCTORS / PROBABILITY / PROGRESS / PUBLIC HEALTH / PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS / REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY / REMOTE AREAS / REMOTE RURAL AREAS / RURAL / RURAL AREA / RURAL AREAS / RURAL CLINICS / RURAL COMMUNITIES / RURAL COMMUNITY / RURAL DIFFERENCES / RURAL DISTRICTS / Rural economics / RURAL EMPLOYMENT / RURAL GAP / RURAL GAPS / RURAL HEALTH / RURAL HEALTH CARE / RURAL LABOR / RURAL MARKETS / RURAL MEDICINE / RURAL PEOPLE / RURAL POLICY / RURAL POPULATIONS / RURAL PROVINCES / RURAL REGIONS / RURAL SERVICE / RURAL SERVICES / RURAL WORKERS / SAFETY / SCARCE RESOURCES / SKILL LEVEL / SOCIAL FACTORS / SPILLOVER / SPOUSE / SPOUSES / Stadt-Land-Beziehungen / Sub-Saharan Africa / Subsahara-Afrika / SURGERY / TARGETING / Testing / Toxicology / TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES / TRANSPORTATION / UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY / UNEMPLOYMENT / URBAN AREA / URBAN AREAS / URBAN HEALTH CARE / USER FEES / VILLAGES / VIOLENCE / WAR / WOMAN / WORKERS / WORKFORCE / WORKING CONDITIONS / WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
• ISBN: 9780821385999, 0821385992, 082138600X, 9780821386002