Health Workers

Holding Health Workers Accountable: Governance Approaches to Reducing Absenteeism

May 2012 by Rachel Deussom, Wanda Jaskiewicz, Sarah Dwyer, and Kate Tulenko
application/pdf iconCapacityPlus Technical Brief #3 (PDF)
CapacityPlus Technical Brief #3 (Interactive Version)

Health workforce absenteeism is a serious problem and can greatly diminish the effectiveness of health service delivery. Reducing absenteeism requires a decentralized approach involving broad stakeholder groups to address underlying governance issues and reinforce complementary accountability mechanisms. This technical brief looks at the cost of absenteeism, examines governance issues, describes the various stakeholders, and offers a number of recommendations for strengthening governance to reduce absenteeism.

Access the interactive version or the PDF. Also read the related news. If you have any questions, please contact us.

TAGS: Absenteeism, Governance, Health Workers, Retention, Workplace Effectiveness

Comment étendre la formation du personnel de santé au Malawi par le biais de partenariats

February 2012 by Sarah Dwyer
application/pdf iconÉchos 10

Verah Nkosi, étudiante à l'École d'infirmiers de Kamuzu au Malawi, donne son point de vue sur certains défis récurrents ayant trait à l'augmentation de la quantité et de la qualité des diplômés issus des écoles de formation aux professions médicales.

TAGS: Education and Training, Health Workers, Malawi, NEPI, Nursing Education Partnership Initiative, Workforce Development

Faith-Based Organizations

February 2012 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconIssue Brief #4

How can governments work with faith-based organizations (FBOs) to strengthen the health workforce? This brief presents an overview of the issue of FBOs and human resources for health along with suggested actions, key considerations, and resources.

TAGS: Faith-Based Organizations, Health Systems Strengthening, Health Workers, HR Management, Policy and Planning

Nurses Needed: Partnering to Scale Up Health Worker Education in Malawi

February 2012 by Sarah Dwyer
application/pdf iconCapacityPlus Voices #10

Verah Nkosi, a nursing-midwifery student at the Kamuzu College of Nursing in Malawi, shares her perspective and illustrates some common challenges for increasing the quantity and quality of graduates from health professional schools. Also available in French.

TAGS: Education and Training, Health Workers, Malawi, NEPI, Nursing Education Partnership Initiative, Workforce Development

Prestataires de soins et croissance démographique : Comment mieux répondre aux besoins de la communauté

December 2011 by Sarah Dwyer
application/pdf iconÉchos 9

French translation of Reaching into the Community: Health Workers and Population Growth. Scott Radloff, director of USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health, talks about successful strategies to bring integrated health services to communities in need.

TAGS: Community Health Workers, Family Planning, Health Workers, Integration, Population Growth

Reaching into the Community: Health Workers and Population Growth

December 2011 by Sarah Dwyer
application/pdf iconCapacityPlus Voices #9

Scott Radloff, director of USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health, talks about successful strategies to bring integrated health services to communities in need. Also available in French.

TAGS: Community Health Workers, Family Planning, Health Workers, Integration, Population Growth

Kayode Odusote: A West African Perspective on Open Source

November 2011 by Sarah Dwyer and Carol Bales
Kayode Odusote Interview

In this video clip, Professor Kayode Odusote talks about how he’s helping West African countries with their health workforce information systems, and why CapacityPlus’s open source iHRIS software suits their needs.

TAGS: Health Workers, HR Information Systems, Open Source, Policy and Planning

La croissance démographique et la crise mondiale des effectifs sanitaires

November 2011 by Sara Pacqué-Margolis, Carie Muntifering, Crystal Ng, and Shaun Noronha
application/pdf iconCapacityPlus Résumé technique n°1

French translation of Population Growth and the Global Health Workforce Crisis. This data-rich technical brief examines the potential impact of population growth on countries’ efforts to improve access to health workers, and recommends an approach that will help meet families’ health needs while mitigating the health workforce crisis.

TAGS: Family Planning, Health Workers, Policy and Planning, Population Growth

Population Growth and the Global Health Workforce Crisis

November 2011 by Sara Pacqué-Margolis, Carie Muntifering, Crystal Ng, and Shaun Noronha
application/pdf iconCapacityPlus Technical Brief #1 (PDF)
CapacityPlus Technical Brief #1 (Online Tool)

This data-rich technical brief examines the potential impact of population growth on countries’ efforts to improve access to health workers, and recommends an approach that will help meet families’ health needs while mitigating the health workforce crisis. Also available in French.

Access the online tool, or download the PDF in English or French. Also read the related Voices, news, and blog post. If you have any questions, please contact us.

TAGS: Family Planning, Health Workers, Policy and Planning, Population Growth

Retención

June 2011 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconIssue Brief #1 (Spanish)

¿Qué motivará a los trabajadores de salud a permanecer en las zonas rurales?

TAGS: Health Workers, Incentives, Motivation, Recruitment, Retention
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