Ebola in the context of conflict affected states and health systems: case studies of Northern Uganda and Sierra Leone
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed papers
Year: 2015
Ebola seems to be a particular risk in conflict affected settings. This paper compares the experience of Northern Uganda and Sierra Leone in the emergence and management of Ebola outbreaks in 2000-1 and in 2014-15 respectively, and how elements of these conflict affected societies affected the disease outbreak and the response.
Understanding health worker incentives in post conflict settings: Project protocol summary
Resource Type: Reports
Year: 2012
This document is a summary of the protocol for ReBUILD’s research on understanding health worker incentives in post-conflict settings. It details the approach used for this research across all four of the study countries. You can download the document here.
Financial incentives for human resources for health: What do we know? What do we do? The case of Sierra Leone
Resource Type: Presentations
Year: 2014
Abstract of an oral presentation given by Maria Paola Bertone at the “Health Services Research: Evidence-Based Practice” conference in July 2014
Failing Adolescents: Social Control, Political Economy & Human Development in post-war Sri Lanka
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed papers
Year: 2015
In post-war societies adolescents occupy liminal spaces and present a particular challenge for post-war communities as well as service providers. This paper draws on a study from two war-affected villages in Sri Lanka, examining the multi-faceted challenges that adolescents face in communities attempting to retain and redefine boundaries, identities, and social and moral regulation in a post-war context.
Performance-Based Financing in the context of the ‘complex remuneration’ of Health Workers – Findings from a mixed-methods study in rural Sierra Leone
Resource Type: Presentations
Year: 2015
Presentation by ReBUILD Affiliate researcher Maria Paola Bertone given at the International Health Economics Association Congress in Milan 15th July 2015
An exploration of the political economy dynamics shaping health worker incentives in three districts in Sierra Leone
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed papers
Year: 2015
This 2015 ReBUILD paper focuses on health worker incentives and payments in Sierra Leone and presents an exploration of district-level implementation processes
Fragile and conflict affected states: report from the Consultation on Collaboration for Applied Health Research and Delivery
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed papers
Year: 2014
Fragile and Conflict Affected States present difficult contexts to achieve health system outcomes and are neglected in health systems research. This report presents key debates from the Consultation of the Collaboration for Applied Health Research and Delivery, Liverpool, June, 2014.
Health worker incentives: stakeholder mapping report (Sierra Leone)
Resource Type: Reports
Year: 2012
Report of a Sierra Leone stakeholder mapping exercise from 2012 to understand the actors who influence policy and practices in human resources for health
Human resource management in post-conflict health systems: review of research and knowledge gaps
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed papers
Year: 2014
Effective human resource management strategies and policies are critical to addressing systemic effects of conflict on the health workforce. This paper reviews published literatures across three functional areas of HRM in post-conflict settings: workforce supply, workforce distribution, and workforce performance.
Health systems and gender in post-conflict contexts: building back better?
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed papers
Year: 2014
This narrative literature review is an output of collaborative work between ReBUILD and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) working group on gender, to explore the opportunities and challenges for building gender responsive health systems in post conflict contexts.