Title: Staffing remote rural areas in middle- and low-income countries : a literature review of attraction and retention

Authors: Lehmann, Uta and Dieleman, Maria Areke and Martineau, Tim

Place: [London]

Publisher: BioMed central

Year: 2008

Journal: BMC Health services research

Volume: vol. 8, no. 19

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Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health personnel, poverty

Abstract: Countries in middle- and low-income countries suffer from staff shortages and maldistribution of health personnel: e.g. low wages, poor working conditions contribute to the flight of health care personnel. This article explores the links between attraction and retention factors and strategies.

URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6963-8-19.pdf

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