Nurses beyond borders: The Philippine dilemma – wanted worldwide, needed at home

A global health challenge is intensifying. Demand for nurses – the backbone of healthcare systems – is growing. While headline figures show supply is also expanding, a deeper look reveals widening gaps, uneven distribution and mounting pressure on poorer regions. Nurses make up roughly more than 40 per cent of the global health workforce, according … Read more

“I went to the primary health centre close to my workplace, but their capacity cannot deliver the baby”: exploring why women choose different providers for maternal health services in Nigeria | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Study design We conducted a qualitative study using reflexive thematic analysis with in-depth interviews with nursing mothers and HCWs in Lagos, Oyo and Jigawa, and CBAs in Lagos and Oyo [27]. All interviews were conducted between September – December 2023. We followed the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research guidelines for reporting of this study … Read more

Impact of Budget Changes on Teacher, Soldier, and Officer Salaries: What You Need to Know

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Unveiling the impact: understanding long-term care workers’ experiences and their perceptions of resident challenges amidst the COVID-19 pandemic | BMC Geriatrics

The study sample of LTC workers consisted of fourteen participants: eight were from facilities in NS and six were from BC (Table 1). The interviews were held in NS from early September to early October 2021 (shortly after wave three of the pandemic [51]) and were conducted in BC from April to June 2021 (during the … Read more

Prevalence, perception of risk and mycobacterium tuberculosis control practices among healthcare workers in HIV care and treatment centres in North Central Nigeria | BMC Infectious Diseases

HWs are often at an increased risk of developing infections due to their proximity to infected patients, and this risk is usually higher in high-risk settings [2, 9]. To this end, our study measured the perception of risk towards acquisition of TB and correlates this with the actual TB infection rates among HW working in … Read more