Aspect | Criteria |
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Language of publication | English, French, or Portuguese |
Years published | 1990–2013 |
Type of policy initiative | Applied (i.e., not theoretical, but some evidence that the policy has been/continues to be implemented) |
Country or countries of focus | Any African country whose official languages include English, French, and/or Portuguese |
Policy focus | Training and/or deployment of providers as it pertains to rural health |
Type(s) of providers | Doctors, nurses, and/or midwives |
Specific clinical focus | Maternal-child health: reproductive health, pregnancy, birth, newborns, childhood disease, and adolescents |
Jurisdictional focus | International or national (e.g., not provincial or district-specific) |
Types of data sources | Policy documents, policy evaluations, professional protocols/clinical guidelines, literature reviews, peer-reviewed research related to policy implementation and/or evaluation |