How to recruit and retain health workers in underserved areas: The senegalese experience

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 386-389

  Zurn, Pascal ^a   Codjia, Laurence ^b   Sall, Farba Lamine ^a   Braichet, Jean Marc ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN RESOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED; MIDWIFE; NURSE; RURAL AREA; SENEGAL; URBAN AREA;

CONTRACT SERVICES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SENEGAL;

DAKAR [SENEGAL]; SENEGAL;

EID: 77952625703     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.070730     Document Type: Article

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