Africa Archives - Rural Wonca https://ruralwonca.org/country/africa/ WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice (Rural WONCA) Wed, 08 Feb 2023 14:30:14 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.8 https://ruralwonca.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-sITE-iCON-1-32x32.png Africa Archives - Rural Wonca https://ruralwonca.org/country/africa/ 32 32 A systematic review of supportive supervision as a strategy to improve primary healthcare services in Sub-Saharan Africa. https://ruralwonca.org/uncategorised/a-systematic-review-of-supportive-supervision-as-a-strategy-to-improve-primary-healthcare-services-in-sub-saharan-africa/ https://ruralwonca.org/uncategorised/a-systematic-review-of-supportive-supervision-as-a-strategy-to-improve-primary-healthcare-services-in-sub-saharan-africa/#respond Thu, 30 Jul 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://ruralwonca.org/uncategorised/a-systematic-review-of-supportive-supervision-as-a-strategy-to-improve-primary-healthcare-services-in-sub-saharan-africa/  Evidence on the role of supervision in Sub-Saharan Africa has been inconclusive, despite the critical need to maximize the workforce in low?resource settings. The objective of this paper was to review the published literature from Sub-Saharan Africa on the effects of supportive supervision on quality of care, and health worker motivation and performance.

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]]>  Evidence on the role of supervision in Sub-Saharan Africa has been inconclusive, despite the critical need to maximize the workforce in low?resource settings. The objective of this paper was to review the published literature from Sub-Saharan Africa on the effects of supportive supervision on quality of care, and health worker motivation and performance.

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]]> https://ruralwonca.org/uncategorised/a-systematic-review-of-supportive-supervision-as-a-strategy-to-improve-primary-healthcare-services-in-sub-saharan-africa/feed/ 0 Curriculum and training needs of mid-level health workers in Africa: a situational review from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda https://ruralwonca.org/existing-workers-their-scope/curriculum-and-training-needs-of-mid-level-health-workers-in-africa-a-situational-review-from-kenya-nigeria-south-africa-and-uganda/ https://ruralwonca.org/existing-workers-their-scope/curriculum-and-training-needs-of-mid-level-health-workers-in-africa-a-situational-review-from-kenya-nigeria-south-africa-and-uganda/#respond Thu, 30 Jul 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://ruralwonca.org/uncategorised/curriculum-and-training-needs-of-mid-level-health-workers-in-africa-a-situational-review-from-kenya-nigeria-south-africa-and-uganda/ This study was conducted to review the training and curricula of MLWs in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda, to ascertain areas for improvement.

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]]> This study was conducted to review the training and curricula of MLWs in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda, to ascertain areas for improvement.

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]]> https://ruralwonca.org/existing-workers-their-scope/curriculum-and-training-needs-of-mid-level-health-workers-in-africa-a-situational-review-from-kenya-nigeria-south-africa-and-uganda/feed/ 0 Impact of Contextual Factors on the Effect of Interventions to Improve Health Worker Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Review of Randomised Clinical Trials. https://ruralwonca.org/working-conditions/impact-of-contextual-factors-on-the-effect-of-interventions-to-improve-health-worker-performance-in-sub-saharan-africa-review-of-randomised-clinical-trials/ https://ruralwonca.org/working-conditions/impact-of-contextual-factors-on-the-effect-of-interventions-to-improve-health-worker-performance-in-sub-saharan-africa-review-of-randomised-clinical-trials/#respond Thu, 30 Jul 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://ruralwonca.org/uncategorised/impact-of-contextual-factors-on-the-effect-of-interventions-to-improve-health-worker-performance-in-sub-saharan-africa-review-of-randomised-clinical-trials/ Africa bears 24% of the global burden of disease but has only 3% of the world’s health workers. Substantial variation in health worker performance adds to the negative impact of this significant shortfall. The authors therefore sought to identify interventions implemented in sub-Saharan African aiming to improve health worker performance and the contextual factors likely […]

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]]> Africa bears 24% of the global burden of disease but has only 3% of the world’s health workers. Substantial variation in health worker performance adds to the negative impact of this significant shortfall. The authors therefore sought to identify interventions implemented in sub-Saharan African aiming to improve health worker performance and the contextual factors likely to influence local effectiveness.

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]]> https://ruralwonca.org/working-conditions/impact-of-contextual-factors-on-the-effect-of-interventions-to-improve-health-worker-performance-in-sub-saharan-africa-review-of-randomised-clinical-trials/feed/ 0 Rural Pathways Checklist Short SWAHILI https://ruralwonca.org/checklist-implementation-tools/rural-pathways-checklist-short-swahili/ https://ruralwonca.org/checklist-implementation-tools/rural-pathways-checklist-short-swahili/#respond Sun, 10 May 2020 14:00:00 +0000 https://ruralwonca.org/?p=12334 A short version of the WHO sponsored Rural Pathways Checklist to guide practical implementation of rural pathways to train and support rural health workers (Swahili)

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]]> A short version of the WHO sponsored Rural Pathways Checklist to guide practical implementation of rural pathways to train and support rural health workers (Swahili)

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