Emigration of Skilled Healthcare Workers from Developing Countries: Can Team-based Healthcare Practice Fill the Gaps in Maternal, Newborn and Child Healthcare Delivery?
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Emigration of skilled healthcare workers from developing countries: can team-based healthcare practice fill the gaps in maternal, newborn and child healthcare delivery?
Background and Introduction: Emigration of healthcare workers from developing countries is on the rise and there is an urgent need for policies that increase access to and continuity of healthcare. In this commentary, we highlight some of the negative impacts of emigration on maternal and child health and discuss whether team-based healthcare delivery could possibly mitigate the shortfall of ma...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of MCH and AIDS (IJMA)
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2161-8674,2161-864X
DOI: 10.21106/ijma.204