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Professor Oriana Bandiera
Professor of Economics
Director of The Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD)
The recruitment and retention of qualified health workers is one of the most pressing challenges in developing countries today, especially in rural areas. Research by Oriana Bandiera and her colleagues is underpinning a policy implemented by the Ministry of Health in Zambia to recruit and motivate a new cadre of health workers called ‘community health assistants’ (CHAs). The collaboration between the researchers and policy-makers involved three randomised controlled trials to determine effective recruitment and motivation strategies for CHAs. The results of three policy experiments (which were implemented in July 2010, December 2011 and December 2012) are informing recruitment of the 5,000 CHAs who will be hired in Zambia over the next five years.
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Improving the recruitment of health workers in developing countries
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