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Public Health Service Options For Affordable And Accessible Noncommunicable Disease And Related Chronic Disease Prevention And Management, Sharon Brownie, Andrew P. Hills, Rachel Rossiter
Public Health Service Options For Affordable And Accessible Noncommunicable Disease And Related Chronic Disease Prevention And Management, Sharon Brownie, Andrew P. Hills, Rachel Rossiter
School of Nursing & Midwifery, East Africa
Globally, nations are confronted with the challenge of providing affordable health services to populations with increasing levels of noncommunicable and chronic disease. Paradoxically, many nations can both celebrate increases in life expectancy and bemoan parallel increases in chronic disease prevalence. Simply put, despite living longer, not all of that time is spent in good health. Combined with factors such as rising levels of obesity and related noncommunicable disease, the demand for health services is requiring nations to consider new models of affordable health care. Given the level of disease burden, all staff, not just doctors, need to be part of …
The Leaking Pocket: The Implicit Struggle For Skilled Health Workers Between Private Not-For-Profit And Public Sector In Tanzania, Kahabi Isangula, Sharon Brownie
The Leaking Pocket: The Implicit Struggle For Skilled Health Workers Between Private Not-For-Profit And Public Sector In Tanzania, Kahabi Isangula, Sharon Brownie
School of Nursing & Midwifery, East Africa
Public health services in sub-Sahara Africa countries face severe health workforce shortages exacerbated by both outward migration and internal public to private sector migration—Tanzania is no exception. This review was conducted to characterize the extent of health workforce shortages in Tanzania, and the factors impacting on the shortage. The authors reviewed publicly available data to assess the extent of health workforce shortages within Tanzania and the range of ‘pull’ and ‘push’ factors contributing to the shortages. Findings highlight significant health workforce shortages in Tanzania. Pull factors, the advantages offered that 'pull' workers towards the new jobs and well as Push …