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

Autores: 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

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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Strategies for public health research in European Union countries

Autores: 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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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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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

Nurses in advanced roles: A review of acceptability in Portugal

Nursing workforce policy and the economic crisis: A global overview

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