Meeting human resources for health staffing goals by 2018: A quantitative analysis of policy options in Zambia

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tjoa, Aaron ^a   Kapihya, Margaret ^b   Libetwa, Miriam ^b   Schroder, Kate ^a   Scott, Callie ^c   Lee, Joanne ^a   McCarthy, Elizabeth ^a  

^a CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954066455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-8-15     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Chen L, et al. Human resources for health: overcoming the crisis. Lancet 2004, 364(9449):1984-90. 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17482-5, 15567015.
2. Speybroeck NKY, Dal Poz MR, Evans DB. Reassessing the relationship between human resources for health, intervention coverage and health outcomes. 2006, World Health Organization: Geneva.
3. World Health Organization Taking stock: Health worker shortages and the response to AIDS. 2006, [cited 17 June 2008], World Health Organization., http://www.who.int/hiv/toronto2006/takingstockttr.pdf
4. World Health Organization Taking stock: Health worker shortages and the response to AIDS. 2006, World Health Organization: Geneva, World Health Organization.
5. Hanvoravongchai P. Scaling up health workforces in response to critical shortages. Lancet 2007, 370(9605):2080-1. 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60786-7, 17574661.
6. Scheffler RM, et al. Forecasting the global shortage of physicians: an economic- and needs-based approach. Bull World Health Organ 2008, 86(7):516-523B. 10.2471/BLT.07.046474, 2647492, 18670663.
7. World Health Organization The world health report 2006: working together for health. 2006, World Health Organization: Geneva, World Health Organization.
8. Clemens MA, Pettersson G. New data on African health professionals abroad. Hum Resour Health 2008, 6:1. 2254438, 18186916.
9. Nguyen L, et al. Intent to migrate among nursing students in Uganda: measures of the brain drain in the next generation of health professionals. Hum Resour Health 2008, 6(1):5. 2275294, 18267034.
10. Chen LC, Boufford JI. Fatal flows--doctors on the move. N Engl J Med 2005, 353(17):1850-2. 10.1056/NEJMe058188, 16251543.
11. Hamada N, et al. International flow of Zambian nurses. Hum Resour Health 2009, 7:83. 10.1186/1478-4491-7-83, 2778636, 19906301.
12. Pfeiffer J, et al. Strengthening health systems in poor countries: a code of conduct for nongovernmental organizations. Am J Public Health 2008, 98(12):2134-40. 10.2105/AJPH.2007.125989, 18923125.
13. Price M, Weiner R. Where have all the doctors gone? Career choices of Wits medical graduates. S Afr Med J 2005, 95(6):414-9.
14. Henderson LN, Tulloch J. Incentives for retaining and motivating health workers in Pacific and Asian countries. Hum Resour Health 2008, 6:18. 10.1186/1478-4491-6-18, 2569066, 18793436.
15. Willis-Shattuck M, et al. Motivation and retention of health workers in developing countries: a systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res 2008, 8:247. 10.1186/1472-6963-8-247, 2612662, 19055827.
16. Adano U. Collection and Analysis of Human Resources for Health (HRH) Strategic plans. 2006, Capacity Project Resource Paper [cited 2008 10-14-2008].., http://www.capacityproject.org/images/stories/files/resourcepaper_strategicplans.pdf
17. Chopra M, et al. Effects of policy options for human resources for health: an analysis of systematic reviews. Lancet 2008, 371(9613):668-74. 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60305-0, 18295024.
18. Ministry of Health and Republic of Zambia National health strategic plan: 2006-2010. 2005, [cited 17 June 2008], Ministry of Health and Republic of Zambia., http://www.who.int/nha/country/zmb/Zambia_NH_Strategic_plan,2006-2010%20.pdf
19. Zambia Ministry of Health Ministry of Health Payroll Data 2008. 2008, [cited 11/3/2008], Zambia Ministry of Health.
20. Central Intelligence Agency Zambia. 2008, 10/23/2008 [cited 11/3/2008], Central Intelligence Agency., https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/za.html
21. Ministry of Health and Republic of Zambia Human resources for health strategic plan (draft): 2006 - 2010. 2005, [cited 17 June 2008], Ministry of Health and Republic of Zambia., http://www.hrhresourcecenter.org/hosted_docs/Zambia_HRH_Strategic_Plan.pdf
22. Dreesch N, et al. An approach to estimating human resource requirements to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Health Policy Plan 2005, 20(5):267-76. 10.1093/heapol/czi036, 16076934.
23. Hagopian A, et al. What if we decided to take care of everyone who needed treatment? Workforce planning in Mozambique using simulation of demand for HIV/AIDS care. Hum Resour Health 2008, 6:3. 10.1186/1478-4491-6-3, 2276232, 18257931.
24. Libamba E, et al. Scaling up antiretroviral therapy in Africa: learning from tuberculosis control programmes--the case of Malawi. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2005, 9(10):1062-71.
25. Koot J, Martineau T. Mid Term Review: Zambian Health Workers Retention Scheme (ZHWRS) 2003 - 2004. 2005, [cited 17 June 2008]., http://www.hrhresourcecenter.org/hosted_docs/Zambian_Health_Workers_Retention_Scheme.pdf
26. Chankova S, Sulzbach S. Occasional Paper Series. Human Resources for Health, Number 1, in Occasional Paper Series. Health Services and Systems Program 2006, Abt Associates Inc.: Bethesda, MD.
27. Tjoa A, et al. Expanding health training institutions in Zambia: operational scale-up plans through individual school assessment, in Human Resources for Health Results. 2009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
28. Musonda M. Recruitment and Placement of Staff in the Health Sector. 2008, Ministry of Health: Lusaka, Zambia.
29. Bolton-Moore C, et al. Clinical outcomes and CD4 cell response in children receiving antiretroviral therapy at primary health care facilities in Zambia. Jama 2007, 298(16):1888-99. 10.1001/jama.298.16.1888, 17954540.
30. van Griensven J, et al. Success with antiretroviral treatment for children in Kigali, Rwanda: experience with health center/nurse-based care. BMC Pediatr 2008, 8:39. 10.1186/1471-2431-8-39, 2570363, 18831747.
31. Aradhya K. Task shifting is expanding the roles of family planning providers. African Health 2009, 36-39.
32. Callaghan M, Ford N, Schneider H. A systematic review of task shifting for HIV treatment and care in Africa. Hum Resour Health 8(1):8. 10.1186/1478-4491-8-8, 2873343, 20356363.
33. Chung J, et al. Quantification of physician-time saved in a task shifting pilot program in Rwanda. XVII International AIDS Conference. Mexico City 2008,
34. Lorenzo FM, et al. Nurse migration from a source country perspective: Philippine country case study. Health Serv Res 2007, 42(3 Pt 2):1406-18. 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00716.x, 1955369, 17489922.
35. Hagopian A, et al. Job satisfaction and morale in the Ugandan health workforce. Health Aff (Millwood) 2009, 28(5):w863-75. 10.1377/hlthaff.28.5.w863, 19661112.
36. Fort M, et al. Sickness and Wealth: The Corporate Assault on Global Health. 2004, 300. Cambridge, MA: South End Press.