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Health Workers for a New Century

March 2011 by Richard Seifman, Guest Blogger
TAGS: Education and Training, Finance, Health Systems Strengthening, Health Workers

Hopital El Hadj Ibrahma Niaso Kaolack“Health is about people—those with needs and those who are entrusted to respond to those needs,” said Dr. Julio Frenk, Harvard School of Public Health dean and cochair of Education of Health Professionals for the 21st century: A Global Independent Commission.

Dr. Frenk presented the Commission’s new report, "Health professionals for a new century: Transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world," at the World Bank recently, noting that this report represents a change in basic thinking about health education. Read more »

Less Buck for the Bang? The Flattening of Global Health Funding

March 2011 by Shaun Noronha
TAGS: Finance, Health Systems Strengthening, Health Workers

Shaun NoronhaThe availability of funding for global health may well decide to what extent the health workforce will be able to meet countries' health care needs. With current financial uncertainties, the questions on our minds are: Will a decrease in global aid force cuts in spending for human resources? Is the era of big funding for global health already over?
 
“No,” says Dr. Cristian Baeza, World Bank director for health, nutrition, and population. While this era may not be over yet, in a recent lecture, Dr. Baeza discussed changes that will exert pressure on the availability of global health financing. Read more »

Local Solutions, Global Solidarity, and Accountability

February 2011 by Meshack Ndolo
TAGS: Finance, Health Workers, Millennium Development Goals, Second Global Forum on HRH

This post was originally published on the IntraHealth International blog.

Meshack NdoloWhile the Second Global Forum on Human Resources for Health was full of opportunities, it was also quite deficient in addressing the one global issue that continues to hold back progress to achieving most of the health goals—the Millennium Development Goal 8: Global Partnership for Development. I do, however, remain optimistic.

In my country, Kenya, there is considerable awareness of the health workforce problem and there is momentum to act on many fronts. The Capacity Kenya project has worked closely with the Ministry of Health and others to develop a national Human Resources for Health Strategic Plan, which established national priorities for addressing Kenya’s workforce constraints. Read more »

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