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Health workforce metrics pre- and post-2015: A stimulus to public policy and planning

Evidence-based health workforce policies are essential to ensure the provision of high-quality health services and to support the attainment of universal health coverage (UHC). This paper describes the main characteristics of available health workforce data for 74 of the 75 countries identified under the ‘Countdown to 2015′ initiative as accounting for more than 95% of […]
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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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The effects of austerity measures on quality of healthcare services: A national survey of physicians in the public and private sectors in Portugal

Background The European Union member countries reacted differently to the 2008 economic and financial crisis. However, few countries have monitored the outcomes of their policy responses, and there is therefore little evidence as to whether or not savings undermined the performance of health systems. We discuss the situation in Portugal, where a financial adjustment program […]
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The current situation of human resources for health in the province of Cabinda in Angola: is it a limitation to provide universal access to healthcare?

BACKGROUND: Angola is among sub-Saharan African countries dealing with a crisis of Human Resources for Health (HRH). The province of Cabinda, besides the efforts, still suffers from both HRH shortage and a badly distributed health workforce. In Cabinda, one can find urban concentration and rural shortages of healthcare professionals, many rural areas’ healthcare facilities often […]
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Follow-up on commitments at the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health: Indonesia, Sudan, Tanzania.

Commitments at the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health The authors assess the commitments made at the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health (HRH) by Indonesia, Sudan, and Tanzania, to implement health workforce plans. The authors conducted a study through published and gray literature in English and field research with focal points […]
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