Table 9 Results from the perspective of HCWs
Country | Output | Outcome | Impact | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Agreements achieved in relation to the demands that led to the IAPSLs | Agreements implemented and sustained | Safety, morbidity, disability and mortality of HCWs related to the IAPSLs | ||
India | ASHAs (“voluntary” community healthcare workers) seem to have gained bargaining power from the dependence of the state and the community on their services, but have failed to alter the care extractivism structures (e.g., feminization and informalization of work) | ASHAs were accused of transmitting COVID-19 infections and not wearing protective gear and were attacked, even from family members “high numbers were infected by COVID-19 and died during the pandemic’s first wave” | Wichterich [32] | |
Kenya | Nurses—Kenya National Union of nurses and government agreed that nurses would receive their nursing service allowance in phases and increase in uniform allowance | Physicians—collective bargaining agreement implemented | Waithaka, Kagwanja, JNzinga et al. [39] |