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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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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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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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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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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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Workplace diversity initiatives: more than ticking a box

Discover Social Science and Health
There can be a disconnect between Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives implemented at organizations and the perceptions of DEI in the workplace by their employees. Our study sought to determine whether employee experiences within healthcare
Amy K. Weaver, Nicholas E. Libby, Grant Goodale, Steve Alexander   +3 more
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A low-cost approach to upskilling tutors in frontline health care worker production value chain

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
Nigeria, like many countries, struggles with a shortage of healthcare professionals including frontline healthcare providers at the primary healthcare (PHC) level. While the country is pitched towards producing more healthcare professionals, the existing
Anddy Omoluabi, Linda Ugalahi, Olufolake Akeju, Emmanuel Aiyenigba   +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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Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiotoxic Treatment Risks in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Higher doses of anthracyclines and heart‐relevant radiotherapy increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study assessed CVD and CVD risk factors among adult childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) across cardiotoxic treatment risk groups and examined associations between lifestyle behaviors and treatment risks.
Ruijie Li, Raquel Revuelta Iniesta, Alan R. Barker, Dimitris Vlachopoulos, Tomáš Sláma, Christina Schindera, Fabiën N. Belle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source