This database features all of the resources produced by the ReBUILD for Resilience programme as well as those produced by its predecessor, ReBUILD. More resources are being added all the time. Contact us if you cannot find particular information.

Synthesis report research tools – Rebuilding adolescent girls lives: mental health and psychosocial support in conflict-affected Gaza Liberia and Sri Lanka

Resource Type: Learning tool/guides

Year: 2016

This output details the data collection instruments relating to the ReBUILD synthesis report with the same title


Retention of health workers in rural Sierra Leone: findings from life histories

Resource Type: Peer-reviewed papers

Year: 2016

This article, published in Human Resources for Health, reports the findings from ReBUILD’s qualitative work in Sierra Leone on health worker incentives.


Using life histories to explore gendered experiences of conflict in Gulu District, northern Uganda: Implications for post-conflict health reconstruction

Resource Type: Peer-reviewed papers

Year: 2016

This article discusses how the life histories approach was used to explore how the 20-year conflict in northern Uganda transformed people’s lives. Presenting the experiences of 47 men and women before, during and after the war in northern Uganda, and how gender and power(lessness) shaped their experiences, it explores the implications for health care reconstruction.


Health worker experiences of and movement between public and private not-for-profit sectors – findings from post-conflict Northern Uganda

Resource Type: Peer-reviewed papers

Year: 2016

This paper looks at the experiences of health workers during and after the 20 years of conflict in northern Uganda, and the factors that influenced their movement between public and private not-for-profit sectors. The findings highlight the need to ensure balanced health labour market incentives which take into account not only the changing context but also needs at different points in individuals’ life cycles and across all core service delivery sectors.


Understanding health worker incentives in post-crisis settings: lessons from health worker in-depth interviews and life histories in Zimbabwe

Resource Type: Reports

Year: 2015

This is a report from the qualitative component of ReBUILD’s health worker incentives research in Zimbabwe, drawing on the ‘life histories’ interviews with health workers


Impact of user fees on health care seeking behaviour and financial protection during the crisis period in Zimbabwe: A life history approach

Resource Type: Reports

Year: 2016

This report presents the findings and recommendations from part of ReBUILD’s qualitative health financing research in Zimbabwe, using the life histories approach.


How to identify and manage opportunities for ‘user-voice’ as part of research uptake strategies

Resource Type: Learning tool/guides

Year: 2015

Presentation given at the ResUpMeetUp Training Exchange on February 12th 2015


Using life histories to understand and support health systems and their resilience

Resource Type: Learning tool/guides

Year: 2016

Presentation given during a skills-building session on the use of life histories in health systems research, given at the 4th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in VAncouver, 15th November 2016


Understanding deployment policies and systems for staffing rural areas in Northern Uganda during and after the conflict: synthesis report

Resource Type: Reports

Year: 2017

This 2017 paper reports on ReBUILD’s research into deployment systems for health workers in remote and rural areas in Uganda


Evidence submitted to High Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth

Resource Type: Briefs

Year: 2016

In June 2016 ReBUILD submitted evidence to the High Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth, based on the findings and experience on human resources for health from the research team, especially related to fragile and conflict affected settings. You can access the submitted evidence here.


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