Total publications found: 5

Absenteeism in primary health centres in Nigeria: leveraging power, politics and kinship

Authors: Aloysius Odii, Obinna Onwujekwe, Eleanor Hutchinson, Prince Agwu, Charles Orjiakor, Pamela Ogbozor, Pallavi Roy, Martin McKee, Dina Balabanova
Publication date: December 2022

Background Primary health centres (PHCs) in Nigeria suffer critical shortages of health workers, aggravated by chronic absenteeism that has been attributed to insufficient resources to govern ...

Exploring health-sector absenteeism and feasible solutions: evidence from the primary healthcare level in Enugu, South East Nigeria

Authors: Obinna Onwujekwe, Aloysius Odii, Prince Agwu, Charles Orjiakor, Pamela Ogbozor, Eleanor Hutchinson, Martin McKee, Pallavi Roy, Uche Obi, Chinyere Onalu, Dina Balabanova
Publication date: September 2019

Many studies have found that absenteeism undermines the effective delivery of healthcare. However, most studies focus on high-income countries. Low-income countries have been largely ignored in ...

Corruption in Anglophone West Africa health systems: a systematic review of its different variants and the factors that sustain them

Authors: Obinna Onwujekwe, Prince Agwu, Charles Orjiakor, Martin McKee, Eleanor Hutchinson, Chinyere Mbachu, Aloysius Odii, Pamela Ogbozor, Uche Obi, Hyacinth Ichoku, Dina Balabanova
Publication date: July 2019

West African countries are ranked especially low in global corruption perception indexes. The health sector is often singled out for particular concern given the role ...

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