Select Interventions

Note: Retention is a complex issue. Many social, professional, and economic factors influence a health worker’s decision to work in rural or other underserved areas. Evidence and experience show that no single retention intervention will be effective, but rather an appropriate combination or “bundle” of complementary interventions is needed to retain health workers (2010 WHO Policy Recommendations for Rural Retention).

The below examples of retention interventions are excerpted from the 2010 WHO Global Policy Recommendations on Rural Retention. Select as many of the retention interventions from the following list that you are interested in combining into a retention package appropriate to your specific context. Below each intervention example (A1, A2, B3, etc.) are potential activities and expenses requried to carry out the specified intervention. Please note you will be asked to enter data inputs for each intervention individually.