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Hum Resour Health
May 2021
Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Background: Guinea undertook health workforce reform in 2016 following the Ebola outbreak to overcome decades-long shortages and maldistribution of healthcare workers (HCWs). Specifically, over 5000 HCWs were recruited and deployed to rural health districts and with a signed 5-year commitment for rural medical practice. Governance structures were also established to improve the supervision of these HCWs.
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December 2019
Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Introduction: Guinea is a country with a critical deficit and maldistribution of healthcare workers along with a high risk of epidemics' occurrence. However, actors in the health sector have missed opportunities for more than a decade to attract political attention. This article aims to explain why this situation exists and what were the roles of actors in the agenda-setting process of the post-Ebola health system strengthening programme.
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July 2020
Department of Health Systems Governance and Financing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Hum Resour Health
August 2019
Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Nationalestraat 155, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium.
Background: The state of the Guinean health workforce is one of the country's bottlenecks in advancing health outcomes. The impact of the 2014-2015 Ebola virus disease outbreak and resulting international attention has provided a policy window to invest in the workforce and reform the health system. This research constitutes a baseline study on the health workforce situation, professional education, and retention policies in Guinea.
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February 2017
World Health Organization, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
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