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http://hdl.handle.net/10311/1636| Title: | Why there is an inverse primary-care law in Africa |
| Authors: | Nkomazana, Oathokwa Moosa, Shabir Wojczewski, Silvia Hoffmann, Kathryn Poppe, Annelien Peersman, Wim Willcox, Merlin Maier, Manfred Derese, Anselme Mant, David |
| Keywords: | Universal primary care inverse primary-care law Sub-Saharan Africa Africa |
| Issue Date: | 2013 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier; https://www.elsevier.com/ |
| Citation: | Moosa, Shabir et al (2013) Why there is an inverse primary-care law in Africa, Lancet Global Health, Vol. 1, No. 6, pp. 332-333 |
| Abstract: | Many low-income and middle-income countries are now pursuing ambitious plans for universal primary care, but are failing to deliver adequate care quality because of intractable human resource problems—eg, in Uganda in 2009, 44% of health-worker posts were vacant in urban health centres and 57% were vacant in smaller rural health centres. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10311/1636 |
| ISSN: | 2214-109x |
| Appears in Collections: | Research articles (School of Medicine) |
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