Realities and professional expectations of medical students attending Guinea Bissau’s medical school in 2007 school year.

Authors: Dussault G, Ferrinho P, Fronteira I, Mercer H, Pereira C, Rodrigues A, Silva AP
Journal: Acta Médica Portuguesa
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=REALITIES+AND+PROFESSIONAL+EXPECTATIOONS+OF+MEDICAL+STUDENTES+ATTENDING+Guinea+Bissau%27s+Medical+School+in+2007+school+year

In Guinea Bissau, the majority of university level professionals are still being trained abroad and most of them do not return to their country. This was a major incentive for creating Guinea Bissau’s Medical School.
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The training and professional expectations of medical students in Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique.

Authors: Cabral J, da Silva F, Dussault G, Ferrinho P, Fresta MJ, Fronteira I, Mercer H, Rodrigues A, Sidat M
Journal: Human Resources for Health
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=The+training+and+professional+expectations+of+medical+students+in+Angola%2C+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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Pulmonary tuberculosis in Sao Luis, State of Maranhao, Brazil: space and space-time risk clusters for death (2008-2012)

Authors: Arcêncio RA, Chiaravalloti Neto F, Fronteira I, Garcia MC, Popolin MP, Rodrigues LB, Santos Neto M, Yamamura M
Publication Year: 2015
Journal: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Link: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822015000100069

The objective was to identify space and space-time risk clusters for the occurrence of deaths in a priority city for the control of tuberculosis (TB) in the Brazilian Northeast. Ecological research was undertaken in the City of São Luis/Maranhão. Cases were considered that resulted in deaths in the population living in the urban region of […]
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Tuberculosis and social inequity in health: an ecological study using multivariate statistical techniques, São Paulo, Brazil

Authors: Arcêncio RA, Freitas IM, Fronteira I, Popolin MP, Rodrigues LB, Santos Neto M, Uchoa SA, Yamamura M
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica
Link: http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892014000400006

Objective: To identify the patterns of São Paulo state municipalities, in Brazil, regarding the relationship between tuberculosis and indicators of health care services, health care service availability, context, and social inequality.
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Negotiating Markets for Health: An Exploration of Physicians’ Engagement in Dual Practice in Three African Capital Cities

Authors: Ferrinho P, Fronteira I, McPake B, Russo G
Publication Year: 2014
Journal: Health Policy and Planning
Link: http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/09/26/heapol.czt071

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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Realities and professional expectations of medical students attending Guinea Bissau’s medical school in 2007 school year.

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

Pulmonary tuberculosis in Sao Luis, State of Maranhao, Brazil: space and space-time risk clusters for death (2008-2012)

Tuberculosis and social inequity in health: an ecological study using multivariate statistical techniques, São Paulo, Brazil

Negotiating Markets for Health: An Exploration of Physicians’ Engagement in Dual Practice in Three African Capital Cities

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