Evolution of policies on human resources for health: opportunities and constraints in four post-conflict and post-crisis settings

Conflict and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-18

  Witter, Sophie ^a   Bertone, Maria Paola ^b   Chirwa, Yotamu ^c   Namakula, Justine ^d   So, Sovannarith ^e   Wurie, Haja R ^f  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^e ReBUILD and Cambodian Development Resource Institute   (Cambodia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Health workers; Human resources for health; Policy analysis; Post conflict; Sierra Leone; Uganda; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

CAMBODIA; CASE REPORT; CONSENSUS; DRIVER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; SIERRA LEONE; UGANDA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 85009772933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13031-016-0099-0     Document Type: Article

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