A qualitative inquiry of rural-urban inequalities in the distribution and retention of healthcare workers in southern Nigeria

• Ogonna N. O. Nwankwo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: drogonnanwankwo@gmail.com

  Current address: Department of Community Medicine, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria

  Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9683-4920

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• Chukwuebuka I. Ugwu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation World Health Organization Field Office, Awka, Nigeria

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• Grace I. Nwankwo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria

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• Michael A. Akpoke,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ola During Childrens Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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• Collins Anyigor,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Federal Medical Center, Abuja, Nigeria

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• Uzoma Obi-Nwankwo,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Detar/A&M University FM Residency Program, Victoria, Texas, United States of America

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• Sunday Andrew Jr.,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Christian Medical and Dental Association, National Office, Abuja, Nigeria

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• Kelechukwu Nwogu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unicef Country Office, Abuja, Nigeria

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• Neil Spicer

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Global Health and Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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