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Inequal distribution of nursing personnel: a subnational analysis of the distribution of nurses across 58 countries

Human Resources for Health, 2022
Background Nursing personnel are critical for enabling access to health service in primary health care. However, the State of the World’s Nursing 2020 report showed important inequalities in nurse availability between countries.
Mathieu Boniol, Carey McCarthy, Deen Lawani, Gilles Guillot, Michelle McIsaac, Khassoum Diallo   +5 more
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The global inequity in COVID-19 vaccination coverage among health and care workers

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background Health and care workers (HCWs) are at the forefront of COVID-19 response, at high risk of infection, and as a result they are a priority group for COVID-19 vaccination.
Maria Sarah Nabaggala, Tapas Sadasivan Nair, Marta Gacic-Dobo, Amani Siyam, Khassoum Diallo, Mathieu Boniol   +5 more
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Health worker education during the COVID-19 pandemic: global disruption, responses and lessons for the future—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Human Resources for Health, 2023
Background This systematic review and meta-analysis identified early evidence quantifying the disruption to the education of health workers by the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuing policy responses and their outcomes. Methods Following a pre-registered protocol
Aikaterini Dedeilia, Michail Papapanou, Andreas N. Papadopoulos, Nina-Rafailia Karela, Anastasia Androutsou, Dimitra Mitsopoulou, Melina Nikolakea, Christos Konstantinidis, Manthia Papageorgakopoulou, Michail Sideris, Elizabeth O. Johnson, Siobhan Fitzpatrick, Giorgio Cometto, Jim Campbell, Marinos G. Sotiropoulos   +14 more
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The roles and involvement of global health partners in the health workforce: an exploratory analysis

Human Resources for Health, 2023
Development partners and global health initiatives are important actors in financing health systems in many countries. Despite the importance of the health workforce to the attainment of global health targets, the contribution of global health ...
Andrea Nove, Onyema Ajuebor, Khassoum Diallo, James Campbell, Giorgio Cometto   +4 more
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International Policy Responses and Early Management of Threats Posed by the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic to Social Care

Journal of Long-Term Care, 2020
Context: People with prior health conditions are susceptible to severe and sometimes fatal outcomes of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, that causes the disease COVID-19.
Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green, Jill Manthorpe, Nicole Steils, Martin Stevens, Stephen Martineau, John Woolham, Katharine Orellana, Caroline Norrie, Amelia Ionescu, Esther Wiskerke, Kritika Samsi, Stephanie Bramley, Michelle Cornes, Anne Marie Rafferty, Ivanka Ezhova, Ann Leahy   +15 more
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Estimating staffing requirements using workload indicators of staffing need at Braun District Hospital in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

Human Resources for Health, 2022
Background Papua New Guinea has seen some improvements in health indicators over the past years, but the pace of improvements is not as robust as expected.
Dixon Dimiri, Nelson Mek, Mary Therese Apini, Thelma Ali, Grace Turi Pumuye, Varage John Laka, Rosemary Jogo, Pamela Kari, Deki, Okech Mollent, Dapeng Luo, Anna Maalsen, Katu Yapi, Robin Madodo   +13 more
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An integrated primary care workforce planning toolkit at the regional level (part 1): qualitative tools compiled for decision-makers in Toronto, Canada

Human Resources for Health, 2021
Background A regional health authority in Toronto, Canada, identified health workforce planning as an essential input to the implementation of their comprehensive Primary Care Strategy. The goal of this project was to develop an evidence-informed toolkit
Caroline Chamberland-Rowe, Sarah Simkin, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault   +2 more
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Increasing access to health workers in rural and remote areas: what do stakeholders’ value and find feasible and acceptable?

Human Resources for Health, 2020
Background The primary aim of this study is to assess stakeholders’ views of the acceptability and feasibility of policy options and outcome indicators presented in the 2010 World Health Organization (WHO) global policy recommendations on increasing ...
Onyema Ajuebor, Mathieu Boniol, Michelle McIsaac, Chukwuemeka Onyedike, Elie A. Akl   +4 more
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An integrated primary care workforce planning toolkit at the regional level (part 2): quantitative tools compiled for decision-makers in Toronto, Canada

Human Resources for Health, 2021
Background Health workforce planning capability at a regional level is increasingly necessary to ensure that the healthcare needs of defined local populations can be met by the health workforce.
Sarah Simkin, Caroline Chamberland-Rowe, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault   +2 more
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Co-developing an integrated primary care workforce planning approach at a regional level: overarching framework and guiding principles

Human Resources for Health, 2021
Health workforce planning provides a crucial evidence-base for decision-makers in the development and deployment of a fit-for-purpose workforce. Although less common, health workforce planning at the regional level helps to ground planning in the unique ...
Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Caroline Chamberland-Rowe, Sarah Simkin   +2 more
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