2022
DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.2022.6168
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Utility of the Right to Health for Addressing Skilled Health Worker Shortages in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Abstract: Background As a fundamental human right, the right to health (RTH) can influence state actors' behaviour towards health inequities. Human rights advocates have invoked the RTH in a collective demand for improved access to essential medicines in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs). Similarly, scholars have used the RTH as a framework for analysing health problems. However, its utility for addressing skilled health worker (SHW) shortages in LMICs has been understudied. Realising that SHW shortages occur due … Show more

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“…Like other LMICs, a political/legal invocation of the right to health in Nigeria is hindered by a lack of relevant resources (financial, operational etc) for its realisation, and absence of accountable mechanisms (including legal institutions and competent practitioners) [66,67]. Despite these constraints, a previous study revealed that the right to health might still offer utility for addressing SHW shortages in LMICs when used to negotiate workforce agreements and engage stakeholders with competing interests [68]. Such stakeholder engagements can lead to innovative application of the WHO Code and other initiatives (including a whole of government/society approach) useful for mitigating the negative impact of SHW migration [54,55,68].…”
Section: Plos Global Public Healthmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Like other LMICs, a political/legal invocation of the right to health in Nigeria is hindered by a lack of relevant resources (financial, operational etc) for its realisation, and absence of accountable mechanisms (including legal institutions and competent practitioners) [66,67]. Despite these constraints, a previous study revealed that the right to health might still offer utility for addressing SHW shortages in LMICs when used to negotiate workforce agreements and engage stakeholders with competing interests [68]. Such stakeholder engagements can lead to innovative application of the WHO Code and other initiatives (including a whole of government/society approach) useful for mitigating the negative impact of SHW migration [54,55,68].…”
Section: Plos Global Public Healthmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite these constraints, a previous study revealed that the right to health might still offer utility for addressing SHW shortages in LMICs when used to negotiate workforce agreements and engage stakeholders with competing interests [68]. Such stakeholder engagements can lead to innovative application of the WHO Code and other initiatives (including a whole of government/society approach) useful for mitigating the negative impact of SHW migration [54,55,68].…”
Section: Plos Global Public Healthmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The social network size of those who planned to stay and practice in the country was smaller, and on examining the type of interactions our participants reported, it appears their ties were weaker compared to those of SHWs seeking to migrate from the country. Drawing from Granovetter's analysis of the strength of weak ties, 51 a review of the utility of the right to health for addressing SHW shortages in LMICs, 52 we hypothesise that SHWs who plan to remain in a LMIC and have ties with a diverse group of stakeholders in the society may be able to spread awareness of the challenges associated with SHW migration, promoting relevant norms for improving its governance, consistent with the theory of social contagion. 50…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Our study has focussed on SHWs as central actors within a social network. Their knowledge of how the health system works, recognition as health experts by the government and the public, provides them with the legitimacy and moral authority necessary for advocating for transformative change in the governance of SHW migration 52,60 . Indeed, SHWs can seek to influence the policy agenda for addressing factors related to health worker migration.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
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