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The training and professional expectations of medical students in Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique.

BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the professional expectations of medical students during the 2007-2008 academic year at the public medical schools of Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique, and to identify their social and geographical origins, their professional expectations and difficulties relating to their education and professional future.
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The human resource for health situation in Zambia: deficit and maldistribution.

INTRODUCTION:
Current health policy directions in Zambia are formulated in the National Health Strategic Plan. The Plan focuses on national health priorities, which include the human resources (HR) crisis.
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Negotiating Markets for Health: An Exploration of Physicians’ Engagement in Dual Practice in Three African Capital Cities

Scarce evidence exists on the features, determinants and implications of physicians’ dual practice, especially in resource-poor settings. This study considered dual practice patterns in three African cities and the respective markets for physician services, with the objective of understanding the influence of local determinants on the practice.
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Why do some physicians in portuguese-speaking african countries work exclusively for the private sector? Findings from a mixed-methods study

Despite the growing interest in the private health sector in low- and middle-income countries, little is known about physicians working outside the public sector. The present work adopts a mixed-methods approach to explore characteristics, working patterns, choices, and motivations of the physicians working exclusively for the private sector in the capital cities of Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, and Mozambique.
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The rise of medical training in Portuguese speaking African countries

The aim of this study was to establish baseline knowledge of the PSAC’s medical schools in terms of creation and ownership, programmes offered, applicants and registered students, barriers to increased intake of students, teaching workforce and available resources.
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