{"id":3393,"date":"2026-06-09T14:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/?post_type=working-group&p=3393"},"modified":"2026-06-09T14:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:49:10","slug":"relevant-publications-on-fm-in-lic","status":"publish","type":"working-group","link":"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/werkgroepen\/huisartsgeneeskunde-internationale-gezondheidszorg\/relevant-publications-on-fm-in-lic","title":{"rendered":"Relevant publications on FM in low-income countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Relevant and recent<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The most recent publication is a qualitative study on FM in Eldoret, Kenya, which evaluates its actual performance within the healthcare system.
It offers the best insight into the work, thoughts and lives of the current FPs. http:\/\/www.biomedcentral.com\/content\/pdf\/1471-2296-13-32.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other relevant papers on medical education in Sub-Saharan Africa (SAMSS) are http:\/\/www.samss.org\/literature\/default.aspx?literature<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on evidence from primary care<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. The contribution of primary care to health and health systems in low- and middle-income countries: a critical review of major primary care initiatives.\u00a0Soc Sci Med.<\/a>\u00a0March 2010;70(6):904\u201311.\u00a0http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/20089341<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Strategies for integrating primary health services in middle- and low-income countries at the point of delivery.\u00a0Briggs CJ<\/a>,\u00a0Garner P<\/a>.\u00a0http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/16625576<\/a>\u00a0 This overview sets out the limited number of studies carried out and makes recommendations for future research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Is the Alma-Ata Declaration still relevant to primary health care? BMJ 2008 Stephen Gillam.\u00a0http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/cgi\/content\/extract\/336\/7643\/536<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. When do vertical (stand-alone) programmes have a place in health systems? Evidence on vertical versus integrated healthcare.\u00a0Rifat A. Atun<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. The contribution of primary care to health systems and health. B Starfield, Shil.\u00a0http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/16202000<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Strengthening primary care: addressing the disparity between vertical and horizontal investment.\u00a0J. de Maeseneer et al.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    On why FM should be promoted<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Funding for primary health care in developing countries. BMJ 2008;336:518\u201319.<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Exploring the key principles of Family Medicine in sub-Saharan Africa: an international Delphi consensus process \u2013\u00a0Bob Mash et al.<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Eldoret: Towards sustainable family medicine training in Kenya?\u00a0\u00a0P van den Hombergh, R. Downing, P. Chege, G. van Kasteren<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      On<\/strong> access to healthcare professionals in rural areas<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Projections on\u00a0workforce required in primary care<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Recommendations for increasing access to healthcare workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention\u00a0WHO Report<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Compulsory service programmes for recruiting healthcare workers in remote and rural areas: Do they work?\u00a0WHO Bulletin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      4. Providing appropriate generalist care whilst serving as a Medical Officer during compulsory service.\u00a0Medicus Tropicus, September 2010 (48\/3), pp. 7\u20138<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      5. WHO Bulletin (Editorial) \u2013 Maximising the impact of community-based practitioners in the quest for universal health coverage
        J Campbell et al;\u00a0        http:\/\/www.who.int\/bulletin\/volumes\/93\/9\/15-162198\/en\/<\/a>\u00a0From the latest (September) issue of the Bulletin. The editorial refers, amongst other things, to the new analysis by Barbara McPake et al\u00a0in the same issue<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 they report that investment in community-based practitioners can be a cost-effective approach, in certain contexts and under certain circumstances.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      6. The cost of providing and scaling up surgical services: a comparison of a district hospital and a referral hospital in Zambia. Leon Bijlmakers, Dennis Cornelissen. Health Policy and Planning, 2018, 1\u201310<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Relevant and recent The most recent publication is a qualitative study on FM in Eldoret Kenya,  an evaluation of their actual performance in the health care system.It is the best peek inside the work, the thoughts and life of the present FPs. http:\/\/www.biomedcentral.com\/content\/pdf\/1471-2296-13-32.pdf Other relevant papers on Medical education in Subsaharan Africa (SAMSS) are http:\/\/www.samss.org\/literature\/default.aspx?literature On the evidence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":261,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3393","working-group","type-working-group","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/working-group\/3393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/working-group"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/working-group"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/working-group\/261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nsgh.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}