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Equity in evaluative research focusing on health cooperation and development

The aim of this paper is to summarize the knowledge about the different approaches to equity in publications on evaluative research in development cooperation from an intercultural lens. The special issue of the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, vol 30, No 3 (2015): “Decolonizing International Development Evaluation” consists of a set of seven original articles, […]
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Challenges and strategies to improve the availability and geographic accessibility of physicians in Portugal

Shortages of physicians in remote, rural and other underserved areas and lack of general practitioners limit access to health services. The aims of this article are to identify the challenges faced by policy and decision-makers in Portugal to guarantee the availability and geographic accessibility to physicians in the National Health Service and to describe and […]
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Determinants, Health Problems, and Food Insecurity in Urban Areas of the Largest City in Cape Verde

Urbanization processes are intertwined with nutritional transition because there is easier access to food of low nutritional quality at reduced prices, changing dietary patterns and leading to an increase of non-communicable chronic diseases. This study aims to understand the perceptions for high blood pressure, obesity, and alcoholism, describing some interactions of these dimensions in the […]
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Feminization of the medical workforce in low-income settings; findings from surveys in three African capital cities

BACKGROUND Women represent an increasingly growing share of the medical workforce in high-income countries, with abundant research focusing on reasons and implications of the phenomenon. Little evidence is available from low- and middle-income countries, which is odd given the possible repercussion this may have for the local supply of medical services and, ultimately, for attaining […]
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The impact of global health initiatives on the health system in Angola

We assessed the impact of global health initiatives (GHIs) on the health care system of Angola, as a contribution to documenting how GHIs, such as the Global Fund, GAVI and PEPFAR, influence the planning and delivery of health services in low-income countries and how national systems respond.
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