Latest Resources

This study investigated the reasons for the poor performance of the district health executives reported by provincial health managers in the Midlands province of Zimbabwe. [adapted from abstract]

This study compared the trends in new professional registrations in the UK from doctors qualifying overseas before and after the national ethical guidance on international recruitment to determine what, if any, effect these policies have had on ethical recruitment. [adapted from author]

There is growing interest in expanding testing coverage through the implementation of innovative models such as home-based HIV counselling and testing (HBHCT) by trained lay counsellors. With the aim of informing scale up, this paper discusses client characteristics and acceptability of an HBHCT intervention implemented in rural South Africa. [from abstract]

The main objective of this study is to explore the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and the response capacity of primary care medical staff related to public health emergencies in Guangdong Province, China. [adapted from abstract]

The overall objective of this study was to conduct a prospective, randomized controlled trial to evaluate the feasibility, implementation, and effectiveness of internet based training in cognitive behavioral therapy techniques for mental health providers, including a standardized telephone-delivered supervision method. [from author]

The goal of this assessment was to evaluate the routine health Information system in Taraba state to identify the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities of the health management information system unit in the state and its local government areas with a view to identifying risks that pose a threat to the implementation of software upgrades. [adapted from publisher]

The goal of this assessment was to evaluate the routine health Information system in Imo state to identify the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities of the health management information system unit in the state and its local government areas with a view to identifying risks that pose a threat to the implementation of software upgrades. [adapted from publisher]

The goal of this assessment was to evaluate the routine health Information system in Oyo state to identify the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities of the health management information system unit in the state and its local government areas with a view to identifying risks that pose a threat to the implementation of software upgrades. [adapted from publisher]

The goal of this assessment was to evaluate the routine health Information system in Niger state to identify the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities of the health management information system unit in the state and its local government areas with a view to identifying risks that pose a threat to the implementation of software upgrades. [adapted from publisher]

The goal of this assessment was to evaluate the routine health Information system in Delta state to identify the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities of the health management information system unit in the state and its local government areas with a view to identifying risks that pose a threat to the implementation of software upgrades. [adapted from publisher]

The goal of this assessment was to evaluate the routine health Information system in Kebbi state to identify the strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities of the health management information system unit in the state and its local government areas with a view to identifying risks that pose a threat to the implementation of software upgrades. [adapted from publisher]

To address its high maternal mortality rate, in particular the inequities in access to maternal health care services, the government of Pakistan created a new cadre of community-based midwives. This study is designed to address a critical gap in our knowledge about whether this cadre of workers, operating in the private health care context, will meet the expectation to provide care to the poorest and most marginalized women. [adapted from author]

This protocol describes the development and design of MOVE, a study to examine intimate partner violence screening effectiveness for nurses and the sustainability of screening practice. [adapted from abstract]

Community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTi) and community-directed interventions (CDI) are participatory approaches to strengthen health care at community level. This study aimed at assessing primary health care in two rural Malawian districts without CDTi experience with a view to explore the relevance of the CDI approach. [adapted from abstract]

Despite a widespread public health system, the private healthcare sector is the major provider of health care in rural India. This study describes the profile and medical practices of private rural health providers in rural Haryana, India. [from abstract]

This article describes an exploratory study that asked: what is understood by the term motivation; what encourages and discourages providers of maternal and newborn care in rural areas; and which factors influence their performance and job satisfaction. [adapted from author]

Continuing professional development (CPD) encompasses all of the activities that health workers undertake—both formal and informal—to maintain, update, develop, and enhance their professional skills, knowledge, and attitudes. This technical brief summarizes the literature concerning current best practices and innovative ideas in CPD. [from author]

Shifting the role of counseling to less skilled workers may improve efficiency and coverage of health services, but evidence is needed on the impact of substitution on quality of care. This research explored the influence of delegating maternal and newborn counseling responsibilities to clinic-based lay nurse aides on the quality of counseling provided as part of a task shifting initiative to expand their role. [from abstract]

This report uses a realist review, which is a theory-based method, to address the questions of why and how certain rural retention interventions work better in some contexts and fail in others. The report provides strong support for the assertion that a bundle of retention strategies should be used in order to successfully attract and retain health workers in remote and rural areas and provides insight into why interventions that were effective in one setting may or may not produce similar results in another. [adapted from preface]

This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of down-referring stable antiretroviral therapy (ART) patients from a doctor-managed, hospital-based ART clinic to a nurse-managed primary health care facility in Johannesburg, South Africa. [from abstract]

This report summarizes key findings of a stakeholder-driven participatory productivity improvement process. The results of the study also shed light on which interventions may be most appropriate and effective for improving productivity within the Zambian context, and could be implemented on a wider scale within the country. [from summary]

Highlighting the contribution of non-binding instruments to global health governance, this article describes the World Health Organization Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel negotiation process from its early stages to the formal adoption of the final text. [from author]

The authors present the protocol of an evaluation of a district-level capacity-building intervention to identify the determinants of performance of health workers in managerial positions and to understand how changes (if any) are brought about. The scope for applying realist evaluation to study human resource management interventions in health is also discussed. [from abstract]

The overall goal of this study was to evaluate whether two tools, developed to build the capacity of health workers globally to respond to their adolescent and young clients effectively and with sensitivity, improved the quality of service provision and experiences of care for reproductive health services to young female clients in two districts in India. [adapted from summary]

Governments and the global health community are increasingly paying attention to maximizing and measuring impact through service delivery integration efforts in family planning/HIV service integration. This technical brief assesses the evidence on the role of health workers in the integration of family planning and HIV services and discusses key health worker considerations when integrating these services. [from publisher]