What are the job attribute preferences of physicians and nurses in Türkiye? Evidence from a discrete choice experiment.

Background: In Türkiye, as in other countries, the maldistribution of the health workforce is a serious concern. Although policymakers have developed various incentive packages, this problem has not been thoroughly addressed yet. Discrete choice experiment (DCE) is a valuable method to provide evidence-based information for these incentive packages to attract healthcare staff for rural jobs.

Effects of the Health Transformation Programme on tuberculosis burden in Turkey.

Objective: The Fifty-ninth Turkish Government announced an emergency action plan and embarked on a comprehensive health reform named "Health Transformation Program" (HTP) in 2003. This study investigated the effects of HTP on tuberculosis (TB) burden from 2003 to 2010 in Turkey.

Design: TB incidence, prevalence, mortality and case detection rates, treatment success and direct observed treatment strategy (DOTS) applications rate, and contribution of these applications in the success of the TB war were retrospectively investigated.

Malaria in Turkey: successful control and strategies for achieving elimination.

Turkey is located in the middle of Asia, Africa and Europe, close to Caucasia, Balkans and Middle East in subtropical climate zone. Malaria has been known since the early ages of human history and it was one of the leading diseases in Anatolian history, as well. Today, chloroquine-sensitive Plasmodium vivax is the only agent of autochthonous malaria cases in Turkey.