Authors: Quinhas Fernandes, Orvalho Augusto, Helena Machai, James Pfeiffer, Marco Carone, Norton Pinto, Naziat Carimo,Isaías Ramiro,Stephen Gloyd,and Kenneth Sherr
The purpose of this study was to assess the health workforce density and ratio of male to female health workers across all districts in Mozambique between January 2016 and June 2020. A district-level longitudinal analysis was performed using data generated from the Health Personnel Information System (eSIP-Saúde). Results from this analysis uncovered a series of trends relating to the health workforce density and composition across districts. With regards to CHWs, in January of 2016, there were 3,122 CHWs, of whom 72.8% were male. The average number of CHWs per 10,000 population was 1.33% in 2016, and increased by 18% annually between January of 2016 and January of 2018. After January of 2018, however, this trend reduced to 11%. While these results uncover substantial progress in health workers’ availability during the study period, the critical slowdown observed after 2018, in combination with outstanding shortages and disparities in health workers distribution, suggest there is room for more progress in strengthening Mozambique’s health workforce.
Link: Scrutinizing human resources for health availability and distribution in Mozambique between 2016 and 2020: a subnational descriptive longitudinal study
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Resource Topic: CHW, Health availability and distribution, Health workers
Resource Type: Review
Year: 2023
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: Mozambique
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