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Woldekidan Amde

Researcher at University of the Western Cape

Publications -  14
Citations -  99

Woldekidan Amde is an academic researcher from University of the Western Cape. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Health policy. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 13 publications receiving 81 citations.

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Assessment of capacity for Health Policy and Systems Research and Analysis in seven African universities: results from the CHEPSAA project

TL;DR: It is found that HPSR+A is an international priority, and an existing activity in Africa, though still neglected field with challenges including its reliance on unpredictable international funding.
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Building capacity to develop an African teaching platform on health workforce development: a collaborative initiative of universities from four sub Saharan countries

TL;DR: An initiative aimed at addressing the dual challenge of building human resources capacity in ministries and health services while alleviating and improving their own capacity constraints through the development and implementation of a joint Masters in Public Health programme with a focus on health workforce development by four academic institutions from East and Southern Africa.
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Health needs, health care seeking behaviour, and utilization of health services among lesbians, gays and bisexuals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

TL;DR: The results show that heteronormativity intersects with LGB’s social position to influence health care need, health seeking behaviour or access to health services, resulting in heterogeneity of risk, diversity of sexual and mental health needs, and difference in coping mechanisms.
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Exploring multiple job holding practices of academics in public health training institutions from three sub-Saharan Africa countries: drivers, impact, and regulation.

TL;DR: The research describes the complexity of external multiple job holding practice, which is characterized by a cluster of drivers, multiple processes and actors, and lack of consensus about its implication for individual and institutional capacity.
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Transitioning health workers from PEPFAR contracts to the Uganda government payroll

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a case study of 10 districts in Uganda which received PEPFAR support between 2013 and 2015 to expand their health workforce and explored the facilitators and barriers encountered in increasing domestic financial responsibility for absorbing this expanded workforce.