Supporting healthcare professionals in a remote rural area of Tanzania
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A critical review of interventions to redress the inequitable distribution of healthcare professionals to rural and remote areas.
INTRODUCTION The shortage of healthcare professionals in rural communities is a global problem that poses a serious challenge to equitable healthcare delivery. Both developed and developing countries report geographically skewed distributions of healthcare professionals, favouring urban and wealthy areas, despite the fact that people in rural communities experience more health related problems....
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عنوان ژورنال: London Journal of Primary Care
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1757-1472,1757-1480
DOI: 10.1080/17571472.2018.1453967