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    All the Talents: how new roles and better teamwork can release potential and improve health services

    Led by Lord Nigel Crisp, (Member of House of Lords (UK) and champion of the Global Health Workforce Alliance), the All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPG) on Global Health and Africa launched a new report "All the Talents". The report looks at how innovations in the skill mix of health workers can improve ...

    Maintenir la présence des personnels soignants dans les formations sanitaires rurales enclavées au Cameroun résumé d'orientation

    Cette note d´information stratégique a été préparée à la demande de la Direction des Ressources Humaines du Ministère de la Santé Publique pour informer les délibérations préparatoires à l´élaboration de la stratégie nationale de développement des ressources humaines pour la santé. Elle...

    Retaining human resources for health in remote rural areas in Cameroon: executive summary

    This policy brief was prepared at the request of the Human Resources Directorate of the Ministry of Public Health to inform the deliberations leading to the development of the national strategic plan for the health workforce. It describes the magnitude, the consequences and the underlying factors of the ...

    Maintenir la présence des personnels soignants dans les formations sanitaires rurales enclavées au Cameroun

    Cette note d’information stratégique a été préparée à la demande de la Direction des Ressources Humaines du Ministère de la Santé Publique pour informer les délibérations préparatoires à l’élaboration de la stratégie nationale de développement des ressources humaines pour la santé dan...

    Rol de la atención primaria de salud en el abordaje integrado para el manejo de las enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles: opciones de políticas de salud en el contexto del sistema de salud del Paraguay

    El informe ejecutivo presenta el problema: El alcance de los programas verticales y la atención especializada de las enfermedades crónicas es inequitativa, y no llega efectivamente hasta el nivel local, especialmente a territorios rurales distantes y pobres en Paraguay. Recomienda las siguientes opcion...

    Strengthening the health system for mental health in Zambia

    The problem: Although mental illness constitutes a large proportion of the burden of disease in Zambia, it receives inadequate attention. Mental health was not among the twelve priority areas in the National Health development plan and was not provided for in the basic package of services defined by the ...

    Improving access to skilled attendance at delivery: full report

    The problem: High Maternal Mortality. Uganda?s maternal mortality has moderately declined from 670 per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 430 per 100,000 live births in 2008. This annual decline of 13 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births is unlikely to achievemeet the MDG target of 168 per 100,000 live bi...

    Prevenção e controle da dengue no espaço urbano

    A dengue é um dos principais problemas de saúde pública do mundo. A Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) estima que entre 50 a 100 milhões de pessoas se infectem anualmente, em mais de 100 países, de todos os continentes, exceto a Europa. Cerca de 550 mil doentes necessitam de hospitalização e 20...