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Christian Health Associations (CHAs) – umbrella networks of faith-inspired health providers – have become a solid … presence in the collaborative environment of African health systems. Established through sometimes trial-and-error attempts to … draw together disparate faith-based health providers who were disconnected from each other, and also unaligned with …
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(FIIs) in the provision of health care services in Africa. While estimates based on facilities data, especially for … market share of FIIs in health care systems as a whole than is the case for any single type of measure. …
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Faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) commonly have as their stated mission a desire to provide quality health services to … services more affordable. However, it suggests that in current African health contexts, FIIs may no longer be that different …
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predict a range of health-related behaviors and outcomes. What can be said about patient satisfaction with faith … satisfaction of patients with FII-health services in Africa today. Second, we present new evidence from household surveys in six …
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This paper has two objectives. The first is to provide a review of the discourses about the religious response to HIV/AIDS in Africa that have emerged from the recent literature, how these discourses has changed over time (from religiophobia to a cautious recognition of the comparative value of...
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services provided by faith-inspired health care providers in Ghana, asking: (1) what is the market share of faith …
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and its implications for the development strategy for the 1990s. The basic thrust of this paper is that the employment … investment in human capital, the “supply side “, with the creation of productive employment, the “demand side”, so as to lead to …
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The overview based on country studies included in this volume investigates the extent to which it has been possible to integrate human resource development and give priority to this important goal within the overall planning process. While it is clear that the development of human resources has...
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This paper examines the critical linkages between macro, sectoral and labour market policies and employment in the …
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effective means of reducing poverty is through the creation of productive and remunerative employment. This paper examines how … analysis in a historical context the growth-employment -poverty nexus to show how employment and labor market developments have …
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