Continuity and change in human resources policies for health: lessons from Brazil

Autores: Calado RA, Alves-Pires C, Bahia MT
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Continuity+and+change+in+human+resources+policies+for+health%3A+lessons+from+Brazil

BACKGROUND:
This paper reports on progress in implementing human resources for health (HRH) policies in Brazil, in the context of the implementation and expansion of the Unified Health System (Sistema Unico de Saúde – SUS).
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Human resources for health and universal health coverage: Fostering equity and effective coverage

Autores: Calado RA, Fernandes MC, Fernandes MC, Fernandes N, Alves-Pires C, Fernandes N, Bahia MT, Fernandes S, Fernandes S, Fernandez-Martinez A, Fernandez-Martinez A, Ferreira A, Ferreira A
Link: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/11/13-118729/en/

This paper explores the HRH policy lessons from four countries – Brazil, Ghana, Mexico and Thailand – purposefully selected for having achieved sustained improvements in accelerating progress towards UHC since 1990.Part of their success lies in the policy focus on the health workforce to expand population coverage and the health benefits package.
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Scaling-up the medical work- force in Timor-Leste: Challenges of a great leap forward

Autores: Calado RA, Carvalho AP, Alves-Pires C, Alho A
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23932856

The health services system of Timor-Leste (T-L) will, by 2015, add 800 physicians, most of them trained in Cuba, to the 233 employed by the national health system in 2010-2011. The need for more physicians is not in discussion: poor health indicators, low coverage and utilization of services, and poor quality of services are well documented in T-L.
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Nurses in advanced roles: A review of acceptability in Portugal

Autores: Calado RA, Alves-Pires C, Bahia MT, Barbosa-Ferreira JM, Bruce Russell
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23459889

This paper focuses on the policy context for the deployment of nurses in advanced roles, with particular reference to Portugal. The health sector in Portugal, as in all countries, is labour intensive, and the scope to utilise nurses in more advanced roles is currently being debated.
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Nursing workforce policy and the economic crisis: A global overview

Autores: Calado RA, Alves-Pires C, Detsika MG
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23656542

This article draws from international data sources (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD] and World Health Organization), from national data sources (nursing regulatory authorities), and the literature to provide a context in which to examine trends in labor market and health spending indicators, nurse employment, and nurse migration patterns.
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