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@article{citeulike:4174633, abstract = {The challenges facing efforts in Africa to increase access to antiretroviral HIV treatment underscore the urgent need to strengthen national health systems across the continent. However, donor aid to developing countries continues to be disproportionately channeled to international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) rather than to ministries of health. The rapid proliferation of NGOs has provoked "brain drain" from the public sector by luring workers away with higher salaries, fragmentation of services, and increased management burdens for local authorities in many countries. Projects by NGOs sometimes can undermine the strengthening of public primary health care systems. We argue for a return to a public focus for donor aid, and for NGOs to adopt a code of conduct that establishes standards and best practices for NGO relationships with public sector health systems.}, author = {Pfeiffer, J. and Johnson, W. and Fort, M. and Shakow, A. and Hagopian, A. and Gloyd, S. and Gimbel-Sherr, K.}, citeulike-article-id = {4174633}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2007.125989}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18923125}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18923125}, doi = {10.2105/AJPH.2007.125989}, issn = {1541-0048}, journal = {American journal of public health}, keywords = {brain, drain, ngo, workforce}, month = {December}, number = {12}, pages = {2134--2140}, posted-at = {2009-03-14 21:23:25}, priority = {2}, title = {Strengthening health systems in poor countries: a code of conduct for nongovernmental organizations.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2007.125989}, volume = {98}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4174633 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4174633 N2 - The challenges facing efforts in Africa to increase access to antiretroviral HIV treatment underscore the urgent need to strengthen national health systems across the continent. However, donor aid to developing countries continues to be disproportionately channeled to international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) rather than to ministries of health. The rapid proliferation of NGOs has provoked "brain drain" from the public sector by luring workers away with higher salaries, fragmentation of services, and increased management burdens for local authorities in many countries. Projects by NGOs sometimes can undermine the strengthening of public primary health care systems. We argue for a return to a public focus for donor aid, and for NGOs to adopt a code of conduct that establishes standards and best practices for NGO relationships with public sector health systems. IS - 12 JF - American journal of public health SN - 1541-0048 EP - 2140 TI - Strengthening health systems in poor countries: a code of conduct for nongovernmental organizations. VL - 98 SP - 2134 KW - brain KW - drain KW - ngo KW - workforce AU - Pfeiffer, J AU - Johnson, W AU - Fort, M AU - Shakow, A AU - Hagopian, A AU - Gloyd, S AU - Gimbel-Sherr, K PY - 2008/12// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2007.125989 ER -