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Estimating the health workforce requirements and costing to reach 70% COVID-19 vaccination coverage by mid-2022: a modelling study and global estimates

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives The implementation of COVID-19 vaccination globally poses unprecedented stress to health systems particularly for countries with persisting health workforce shortages prior the pandemic. The present paper estimates the workforce requirement to
Mathieu Boniol, James Campbell, Andrew Mirelman, Tapas Sadasivan Nair, Khassoum Diallo, Amani Siyam, Shalini Desai, Santosh Gurung   +7 more
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Correction to: Optimizing the contributions of nursing and midwifery workforces: #Protect, #Invest, #Together

Human Resources for Health, 2021
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
James Buchan, James Campbell, Carey McCarthy   +2 more
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Stakeholders’ perceptions of policy options to support the integration of community health workers in health systems

Human Resources for Health, 2019
Background Community health workers (CHWs) are an important component of the health workforce in many countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a guideline to support the integration of CHWs into health systems.
Onyema Ajuebor, Giorgio Cometto, Mathieu Boniol, Elie A. Akl   +3 more
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An overview of health workforce education and accreditation in Africa: implications for scaling-up capacity and quality

Human Resources for Health, 2022
Background For countries to achieve universal health coverage, they need to have well-functioning and resilient health systems. Achieving this requires a sufficient number of qualified health workers and this necessitates the importance of investments in
Sunny C. Okoroafor, Adam Ahmat, James Avoka Asamani, Jean Jacques Salvador Millogo, Jennifer Nyoni   +4 more
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Success of a South-South collaboration on Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) in health: a case of Kenya and Zambia HRIS collaboration

Human Resources for Health, 2019
Background Shortage of health workforce in most African countries is a major impediment to achieving health and development goals. Countries are encouraged to develop evidence-based strategies to scale up their health workforce in order to bridge the gap.
Victor Were, Elizabeth Jere, Kevin Lanyo, George Mburu, Rose Kiriinya, Agnes Waudo, Bwalya Chiteba, Keith Waters, Prachi Mehta, Tom Oluoch, Martha Rodgers   +10 more
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Exploring utilisation of the allied health assistant workforce in the Victorian health, aged care and disability sectors

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Allied health assistants (AHAs) support allied health professionals (AHPs) to meet workforce demands in modern healthcare systems. Previous studies have indicated that AHAs may be underutilised in some contexts.
J. Huglin, L. Whelan, S. McLean, K. Greer, D. Mitchell, S. Downie, M. K. Farlie   +6 more
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Assessing the health workforce implications of health policy and programming: how a review of grey literature informed the development of a new impact assessment tool

Human Resources for Health, 2017
Background In their adoption of WHA resolution 69.19, World Health Organization Member States requested all bilateral and multilateral initiatives to conduct impact assessments of their funding to human resources for health. The High-Level Commission for
Andrea Nove, Giorgio Cometto, James Campbell   +2 more
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Nutritional and Behavioral Intervention for Long‐Term Childhood Acute Leukemia Survivors With Metabolic Syndrome

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a common complication in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemia (AL), and a major risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease, type‐2‐diabetes, and metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).
Visentin Sandrine, Béliard Sophie, Renard Cécile, Caussy Cyrielle, Hamidou Zeinab, Romano David, Gacem Mélanie, Petit Arnaud, Saultier Paul, Borentain Patrick, Michel Gérard   +10 more
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Are the Global Strategic Directions for Strengthening Nursing and Midwifery 2016–2020 being implemented in countries? Findings from a cross-sectional analysis

Human Resources for Health, 2019
Background Nurses and midwives are the largest component of the health workforce in many countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) together with its partners facilitates the joint development of strategic policy guidance for countries to support the
Onyema Ajuebor, Carey McCarthy, Yin Li, Sumaya Mohamed Al-Blooshi, Nonhlanhla Makhanya, Giorgio Cometto   +5 more
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Correction to: Are the Global Strategic Directions for Strengthening Nursing and Midwifery 2016–2020 being implemented in countries? Findings from a cross-sectional analysis

Human Resources for Health, 2020
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Onyema Ajuebor, Carey McCarthy, Yin Li, Sumaya Mohamed Al-Blooshi, Nonhlanhla Makhanya, Giorgio Cometto   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source