Increasing access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention : global policy recommendations.

"Half the world's people currently live in rural and remote areas. The problem is that most health workers live and work in cities. This imbalance is common to almost all countries and poses a major challenge to the nationwide provision of health services. Its impact, however, is most seve...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Corporate Author:	World Health Organization
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, ©2010.
Series:	Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Subjects:	Rural health services. Rural health. Medical personnel. Medical policy. Medical care. Health services accessibility. Medical care Health services accessibility Medical personnel Medical policy Rural health Rural health services