Retention of medical doctors at the district level: a qualitative study of experiences from Tanzania

• Main Authors: Nathanael Sirili (Author), Gasto Frumence (Author), Angwara Kiwara (Author), Mughwira Mwangu (Author), Amani Anaeli (Author), Tumaini Nyamhanga (Author), Isabel Goicolea (Author), Anna-Karin Hurtig (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Retention of Human Resources for Health (HRH), particularly doctors at district level is a big challenge facing the decentralized health systems in poorly resourced countries. Tanzania, with 75% of its population in rural areas, has only 26% of doctors serving in rural areas. We...