How to attract and retain health workers in rural areas of a fragile state: Findings from a labour market survey in Guinea.

ABSTRACT: Most countries face challenges attracting and retaining health staff in remote areas but this is especially acute in fragile and shock-prone contexts, like Guinea, where imbalances in staffing are high and financial and governance arrangements to address rural shortfalls are weak. The objective of this study was to understand how health staff could be better motivated to work and remain in rural, under-served areas in Guinea. In order to inform the policy dialogue on strengthening human resources for health, we conducted three nationally representative cross-sectional surveys, adapted from tools used in other fragile contexts. This article focuses on the health worker survey. We found that the locational job preferences of health workers in Guinea are particularly influenced by opportuniti

SUBMITTER: Witter S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8675729 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature