How Can Countries More Rapidly Increase the Health Workforce?

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LATEST NEWS

New Publication Spotlight: Interview with Rachel Deussom on Holding Health Workers Accountable: Governance Approaches to Reducing Absenteeism
May 10, 2012

A mother takes her sick child to the nearest clinic, a long walk away, but finds no one there. The next morning she returns and spends all day in an overcrowded waiting room. When it is finally her child’s turn to be seen, the only provider still on duty is eager to leave and rushes through the appointment. Next time her child is sick, the frustrated mother won’t bother visiting the clinic.

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How Can Countries More Rapidly Increase Their Health Workforce?
May 7, 2012

On May 31 and June 1, USAID will host the Global Health Evidence Summit on Community and Formal Health System Support for Enhanced Community Health Worker Performance in Washington, DC. The summit is part of a process that will result in key products and an evidence-to-action plan for implementation. CapacityPlus’s Maurice Middleberg and James McCaffery are involved in this process and will participate in the summit.

In advance of the summit, CapacityPlus announces the publication of Issue Brief #5, Community Health Workers. This brief presents an overview of issues related to community health workers and human resources for health along with suggested actions, key considerations, and resources.

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New Publication Spotlight: Interview with Kayode Odusote on West Africa’s Regional Approach to Strengthening Health Workforce Information
May 2, 2012

A key challenge in health workforce planning is obtaining accurate, readily available data on currently employed health workers—how many are working, what their qualifications are, where they are posted—and figuring out how many new workers are likely to join them over time.

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HRH Global Resource Center April Update
Apr 25, 2012

This monthly update from the HRH Global Resource Center provides information on the latest resources, improvements, and news from this digital library devoted to human resources for health (HRH).

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KNOWLEDGE LIBRARY

West Africa’s Regional Approach to Strengthening Health Workforce Information
By Kayode Odusote, Carol Bales, Sarah Dwyer, and Dykki Settle
CapacityPlus Technical Brief #2. Available as an interactive version and a PDF.

The West African Health Organization is implementing a regional approach to strengthening health workforce information systems, leveraging resources from CapacityPlus, other USAID-funded projects, donors, and global organizations. This technical brief provides an overview of this approach, highlights lessons learned, and provides recommendations for other regions and countries to adopt the approach.

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EVENTS

XIX International AIDS Conference
July 22-27, Washington, DC

AIDS 2012 will bring together leading scientists, public health experts, policy-makers and the HIV-affected community to translate recent momentous scientific advances into action that will address means to end the epidemic, within the current context of significant global economic challenges.

On Monday, July 23, CapacityPlus’s Kate Tulenko will participate in a satellite event sponsored by the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC), Nurse Models of HIV Care and Treatment: Addressing Health Workforce Shortages for Long-Term Sustainability (Mini Room 1, 7:00–8:30 a.m.).

On Wednesday, July 25, CapacityPlus’s Wanda Jaskiewicz will present a poster, Increasing Community Health Worker Productivity to Strengthen Effectiveness of HIV/AIDS Programs (Exhibition Hall, 10:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m.).

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