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Paulo Ferrinho

Full Professor

Grupo GHTM: Population health, policies and services, PPS PhD members

ResearchTop 5 Publications
ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS
Themes Collaborations  so far Funding Objectives
Difficulties and expectations of medical students in the member states of the CPLP Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique, Timor Leste Ongoing research line Determinants of choice of medical career; Difficulties experienced during training; Expectations regarding specialization (which specialization and where); Expectations as to remuneration as a doctor; Expectations as to the professional practice (standard of care and sector of the economy)
Difficulties and expectations of nursing students in the member states of the CPLP Guiné-Bissau e São Tomé e Príncipe Ongoing research line Determinants of choice of nursing career; Difficulties experienced during training; Expectations regarding specialization (which specialization and where); Expectations as to remuneration as a nurse; Expectations as to the professional practice (standard of care and sector of the economy)
Institutional capacity building of medical/health professional’s schools in the member states of CPLP Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique, Timor Leste Ongoing research line Training capacity of medical schools – (SWOT); Faculty characterization; Identifying needs; Strategic partnerships (Cuba, Portugal, Brazil)
Health workforce planning Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal Ongoing research line How is it done? What are the strengths and deficiencies of current practices? How is it implemented? With what impact? The cost to implementation? The importance of changes in the context (decentralization, regionalization, municipalization, political instability)? Interface between the educational and the health sectors.
Health sector strategic planning Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Eritrea, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Zimbabwe Ongoing research line How is it done? What are the strengths and deficiencies of current practices? How is it implemented? With what impact? The cost to implementation? The importance of changes in the context (decentralization, regionalization, municipalization, political instability)? Interface between the educational and the health sectors.
Public health workforce Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé e Príncipe, Timor Leste Ongoing research line To help define the profile of a multidisciplinary professional public health workforce
Health sector responses to State fragility Guiné-Bissau Ongoing research line To understand how fragile health institutions react to State fragility and the impact of these responses in correcting/perpetuating the existing fragilities
  1. Ferrinho, P., Van Lerberghe, W., Fronteira, I., Hipólito, F., Biscaia, A. Dual practice in the health sector: Review of the evidence, (2004) Human Resources for Health, 2, 17 p.
  2. Van Lerberghe, W., Conceição, C., Van Damme, W., Ferrinho, P. When staff is underpaid: Dealing with the individual coping strategies of health personnel, (2002) Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 80 (7), pp. 581-584.
  3. Roenen, C., Ferrinho, P., Van Dormael, M., Conceição, M.C., Van Lerberghe, W. How African doctors make ends meet: An exploration, (1997) Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2 (2), pp. 127-135
  4. Portugal, I., Covas, M.J., Brum, L., Viveiros, M., Ferrinho, P., Moniz-Pereira, J., David, H, Outbreak of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis in Lisbon: Detection by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, (1999) International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 3 (3), pp. 207-213.
  5. Ferrinho, P., Van Lerberghe, W., Julien, M.R., Fresta, E., Gomes, A., Dias, F., Gonçalves, A., Bäckström, B. How and why public sector doctors engage in private practice in Portuguese-speaking African countries, (1998) Health Policy and Planning, 13 (3), pp. 332-338.

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GHTM is a R&D Center that brings together researchers from IHMT with a track record in Tropical Medicine and International/Global Health. It aims at strengthening Portugal's role as a leading partner in the development and implementation of a global health research agenda. Our evidence-based interventions contribute to the promotion of equity in health and to improve the health of populations.

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