This issue addresses the special theme of retaining health workers in remote and rural areas
Chile; Combined incentives work; Cuba; Calling all doctors; Ghana; Incentives for medical students; Kenya, South Africa & Thailand; Attracting nurses to rural areas; Norway; Dealing with doctor shortages; Ethiopia and Rwanda ; Who wants a rural health post? ; Nigeria; Pilot insurance plan; Rising to the challenge; Senegal; Solving regional differences; Global; Where have all the nurses gone?; Decentralized health financing; Does compulsory service work?; Getting staff to stay in rural areas; The role of medical schools ; Where do we stand on the Millennium Development Goals?
Who wants to work in a rural health post? The role of intrinsic motivation, rural background and faith-based institutions in Ethiopia and Rwanda - Pieter Serneels et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.072728
Compulsory service programmes for recruiting health workers in remote and rural areas: do they work? - Seble Frehywot et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.071605
The Chilean Rural Practitioner Programme: a multidimensional strategy to attract and retain doctors in rural areas - Sebastian Peña et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.072769
How can medical schools contribute to the education, recruitment and retention of rural physicians in their region? - James Rourke doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.073072
Emerging opportunities for recruiting and retaining a rural health workforce through decentralized health financing systems - Mahjabeen Haji et al. doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.072827
