Are health care assistants part of the long-term solution to the nursing workforce deficit in Kenya?

Abstract This commentary article addresses a critical issue facing Kenya and other Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC): how to remedy deficits in hospitals’ nursing workforce. Would employing health care assistants (HCAs) provide a partial solution? This article first gives a brief introduction...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Louise Fitzgerald, David Gathara, Jacob McKnight, Jacinta Nzinga, Mike English
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Human Resources for Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12960-020-00523-6