Improving Health Workforce Recruitment and Retention in Rural and Remote Regions of Nigeria
Language:
English
Series/Journal Title:
Rural and Remote Health
Volume:
10
Issue:
1319
Copyright:
2010
Description:
This article posits that out-migration of health workers is not a critical contributor to health workforce shortages in Nigeria’s rural and remote areas and that more important factors include: contraction of government health spending as a percentage of GDP despite deteriorating health conditions, public health management systems that operate by default rather than by design, spartan living conditions outside urban areas, inadequate training of appropriate cadres of health staff, limited facilities and medications for effective delivery of clinical services, and burnout of overworked and underpaid rural-based clinicians. [from abstract]
Subject
Geographic Focus
Resource Type
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