Forward momentum of iHRIS Manage implementation has continued in Rwanda. Rwanda’s in-country HRIS Specialist, Solange Tuyisenge, was excited to report that all districts now have online access to iHRIS Manage. She noted that this development has not come without challenges, as the ICT infrastructure is not sufficient in many district hospitals. Some of these hospitals [...]
Last week, Health Affairs published an article that projected a shortage of 818,000 doctors, nurses, and midwives in 31 sub-Saharan African countries by the year 2015. To come up with this figure, the authors examined both the estimated health worker demand (1.163 million) and compared it with the estimated supply (371,000). When looking at these [...]
The migration of health workers continues to be a hot topic in the healthcare world. The WHO’s 2006 World Health Report cited a global shortage of 4.3 million health workers. This shortage is concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa, which has 25% of the global burden of disease but only 3% of the world’s health workforce.
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As the HRIS research specialist, Julie Spero is focused on the data side of our HRIS work, including research and analysis. She makes sure that the results of our work are disseminated to a wider audience, including through peer-reviewed publications. She assists with other dissemination efforts, such as the HRIS Strengthening Implementation Toolkit. She also provides support for our work in Botswana, Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania.