Flexibility of deployment: challenges and policy options for retaining health workers during crisis in Zimbabwe

• Main Authors: Wilson Mashange (Author), Tim Martineau (Author), Pamela Chandiwana (Author), Yotamu Chirwa (Author), Vongai Mildred Pepukai (Author), Shungu Munyati (Author), Alvaro Alonso-Garbayo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Zimbabwe experienced a socio-economic crisis from 1997 to 2008 which heavily impacted all sectors. In this context, human resource managers were confronted with the challenge of health worker shortage in rural areas and, at the same time, had to operate under a highly centralised...