Human resources for health and universal health coverage: Fostering equity and effective coverage

Authors: 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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Analysis of human resources for health strategies and policies in 5 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, in response to GFATM and PEPFAR-funded HIV-activities

Authors: Erivelton de Oliveira Sousa, Escobar C, Engblom D, Escobar C, Alho AM, Alves-Pires C, Escoval MT, Erasmus S, Erasmus S, Esgalhado R, Escoval MT, Erivelton de Oliveira Sousa
Link: http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/9/1/52

A multi-country study was conducted from 2007 to 2011 in 5 countries (Angola, Burundi, Lesotho, Mozambique and South Africa), to assess the impact of GHIs on the health system, using a mixed methods design. This paper focuses on the impact of GFATM and PEPFAR on HRH policies.
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Scaling-up the medical work- force in Timor-Leste: Challenges of a great leap forward

Authors: 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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Strategies for public health research in European Union countries

Authors: Craveiro I
Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24189794

‘Health’ is an identifiable theme within the European Union multi-annual research programmes. Public Health Innovation and Research in Europe (PHIRE), led by the European Public Health Association, sought to identify public health research strategies in EU member states.
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Chagas disease in European countries: the challenge of a surveillance system

Authors: Ready PD, Raquel H, Raskine L, Randrianarivelojosia M, Rath SL, Ranson H, Ravel C, Rath SL, Ravel C, Ranson H, Raquel H, Almeida AP, Raskine L, Ready PD
Link: https://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=UA&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=29&SID=P2WA5hwy5j35Sqjoq2z&page=1&doc=1

A study of aggregate data collected from the literature and official sources was undertaken to estimate expected and observed prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection, annual incidence of congenital transmission and rate of underdiagnosis of Chagas disease among Latin American migrants in the nine European countries with the highest prevalence of Chagas disease.
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Human resources for health and universal health coverage: Fostering equity and effective coverage

Analysis of human resources for health strategies and policies in 5 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, in response to GFATM and PEPFAR-funded HIV-activities

Scaling-up the medical work- force in Timor-Leste: Challenges of a great leap forward

Strategies for public health research in European Union countries

Chagas disease in European countries: the challenge of a surveillance system

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