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New Publication Spotlight: Preferences for Working in Rural Clinics among Trainee Health Professionals in Uganda

... New Publication Spotlight: Preferences for Working in Rural Clinics among Trainee Health Professionals in Uganda ... often choose to accept posts in urban areas, leaving rural and remote communities with reduced access to health care. What should ...

News - Sarah Dwyer - August 2012 - 0 comments

New ILO Report: The World Needs More Rural Health Workers, A Lot More

... without adequate numbers of health workers, especially in rural areas, more than half of the world’s rural population—and more than three-quarters of the rural population in ...

Blog - Sarah Dwyer - May 2015 - 0 comments

New Publication Spotlight: Interview with Wanda Jaskiewicz on Toward Development of a Rural Retention Strategy in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

... with Wanda Jaskiewicz on Toward Development of a Rural Retention Strategy in Lao People’s Democratic Republic ... in attracting and retaining health workers to serve in rural and remote areas. A new technical report from Capacity Plus ...

News - Carol Bales - March 2012 - 0 comments

What Health Workers Are Saying about Their Rural Service in Lao PDR

... assigned to serve three years in one of the country’s rural districts. Like many other countries around the world, attracting health workers to take up rural posts is a big challenge. Most health workers choose to work in urban ...

News - Carol Bales - November 2013 - 0 comments

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

... while approximately 70% of the population lives in rural areas . As in many countries, attracting health workers to rural posts—and retaining them—is a challenge. Capacity Plus helped the ...

Page - Sarah Dwyer - October 2015 - 0 comments

Taking Steps to Retain Health Workers in Rural Areas of Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Half of the world’s population lives in rural areas, but they are served by only 24% of physicians and 38% of nurses ... are often not motivated to accept or remain at posts in rural and remote areas, for a variety of reasons. From May 16-June 3, ... packages to attract and retain health workers in rural areas. Jaskiewicz and Wurts led capacity-building sessions with the ...

News - Sarah Dwyer - June 2011 - 0 comments

Increasing Access to Care by Asking Health Workers What They Want

... while more than 80 percent of the population lives in rural areas. As in many countries, attracting health workers to rural posts—and retaining them—is a challenge. “The conditions ...

News - Sarah Dwyer - September 2011 - 0 comments

Rural Health Worker Retention Tools

... Rural Health Worker Retention Tools Provides an ... ’s tools for attracting and retaining health workers in rural and remote areas. (DCE, Health Workers, iHRIS Retain, Overviews, ...

Resource - Carol Bales - December 2014 - 0 comments

iHRIS Retain Used to Cost Health Worker Retention Incentives in Lao PDR

... or national level. It is specifically designed for costing rural retention interventions. Retaining health workers in remote areas is a ... countries. In Lao PDR more than 80% of people live in rural areas . Through hands-on instruction, Chee trained Ministry staff to ...

News - Sarah Dwyer - October 2011 - 0 comments

Net Costs of Health Worker Rural Incentive Packages: An Example from the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

... increase the share of health workers who opt to locate in rural settings; however, uncertainty exists with respect to the expected net ... Workers, Lao PDR, Recruitment, Retention, Retention, Rural, Journal Articles, Workforce Effectiveness) ...

Resource - david - February 2015 - 0 comments