CapacityPlus to Present on Transitioning Health Worker Support at International AIDS Conference

Karen Blyth of CapacityPlus lead partner IntraHealth International will present a CapacityPlus poster at the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia.

Thursday, July 24, 12:30–2:30 p.m., Exhibition Hall

Transitioning Health Care Worker Support: A Resource Framework from the PEPFAR Experience
Authors: Jessica Rose, USAID; Rachel Deussom, CapacityPlus/IntraHealth International; Helen Petrozzola, CapacityPlus/TRG; Karen Blyth, IntraHealth International

To expand access to HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment services, PEPFAR has been partially or wholly supporting health workers in over 30 countries. To assist PEPFAR country teams to work with stakeholders and transition health worker support to country-owned entities, USAID and the USAID- and PEPFAR-funded CapacityPlus project conducted key informant interviews in countries where transition was underway—Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, and Uganda. The interviews led to the development of the Health Care Worker Transition Framework and an interactive website that compiles key questions, case studies, lessons learned, tools, and resources to encourage PEPFAR country team engagement and discussions on transition. Recognizing that the transition process is complex and nonlinear, five interlinked components should be incorporated according to context: stakeholder engagement, strategic information, finance, policy, and human resources management.

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Photo by Trevor Snapp, courtesy of IntraHealth International