Scrutinizing human resources for health availability and distribution in Mozambique between 2016 and 2020: a subnational descriptive longitudinal study.

Autor: Fernandes Q; National Directorate of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Maputo City, Mozambique. ferq09@gmail.com.; Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America. ferq09@gmail.com., Augusto O; Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America.; Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique., Machai H; Directorate of Human Resources, Ministry of Health, Maputo City, Mozambique., Pfeiffer J; Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America.; Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America., Carone M; Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America., Pinto N; Directorate of Human Resources, Ministry of Health, Maputo City, Mozambique., Carimo N; Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America., Ramiro I; Comité para a Saúde de Moçambique, Maputo City, Mozambique., Gloyd S; Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America., Sherr K; Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America.; Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America.; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Human resources for health [Hum Resour Health] 2023 Apr 21; Vol. 21 (1), pp. 33. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 21.
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-023-00815-7
Abstrakt: Introduction: Overall, resilient health systems build upon sufficient, qualified, well-distributed, and motivated health workers; however, this precious resource is limited in numbers to meet people's demands, particularly in LMICs. Understanding the subnational distribution of health workers from different lens is critical to ensure quality healthcare and improving health outcomes.
Methods: Using data from Health Personnel Information System, facility-level Service Availability and Readiness Assessment, and other sources, we performed a district-level longitudinal analysis to assess health workforce density and the ratio of male to female health workers between January 2016 and June 2020 across all districts in Mozambique.
Results: 22 011 health workers were sampled, of whom 10 405 (47.3%) were male. The average age was 35 years (SD: 9.4). Physicians (1025, 4.7%), maternal and child health nurses (4808, 21.8%), and nurses (6402, 29.1%) represented about 55% of the sample. In January 2016, the average district-level workforce density was 75.8 per 100 000 population (95% CI 65.9, 87.1), and was increasing at an annual rate of 8.0% (95% CI 6.00, 9.00) through January 2018. The annual growth rate declined to 3.0% (95% CI 2.00, 4.00) after January 2018. Two provinces, Maputo City and Maputo Province, with 268.3 (95% CI 186.10, 387.00) and 104.6 (95% CI 84.20, 130.00) health workers per 100 000 population, respectively, had the highest workforce density at baseline (2016). There were 3122 community health workers (CHW), of whom 72.8% were male, in January 2016. The average number of CHWs per 10 000 population was 1.33 (95% CI 1.11, 1.59) in 2016 and increased by 18% annually between January 2016 and January 2018. This trend reduced to 11% (95% CI 0.00, 13.00) after January 2018. The sex ratio was twice as high for all provinces in the central and northern regions relative to Maputo Province. Maputo City (OR: 0.34; 95% CI 0.32, 0.34) and Maputo Province (OR: 0.56; 95% CI 0.49, 0.65) reported the lowest sex ratio at the baseline. Encouragingly, important sex ratio improvements were observed after January 2018, particularly in the northern and central regions.
Conclusion: Mozambique made substantial progress in health workers' availability during the study period; however, with a critical slowdown after 2018. Despite the progress, meaningful shortages and distribution disparities persist.
(© 2023. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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