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Picturing Our Work: Who’s There?

CapacityPlus’s Dykki Settle was excited to show me his photos from his latest trip to Uganda to support the launch of the country’s HRHIS.

As we breezed through his shots, Dykki picked out a few to linger on and tell me stories about. One stood out in my mind.

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Nursing and Midwifery Education in Ethiopia: Ensuring Professional Capacity and Relevance

Rachel DeussomIt has been estimated that sub-Saharan Africa needs 600,000 additional nurses just to meet the Millennium Development Goals. The United States Government’s Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI) is designed to strengthen the quality and capacity of nursing and midwifery education systems in sub-Saharan African countries, to increase the number of well-qualified nurses and midwives, and to support innovative retention strategies. Nurses and midwives are integral to health systems, providing care to underserved areas and filling in where and when doctors are in short supply. CapacityPlus is proud to be a NEPI partner, providing analysis and technical support to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia. Read more »

Talking about Health Worker Policy Advocacy

Frances McVayWith degrees in French and library science, I knew nothing about policy advocacy work for human resources for health (HRH) when I started an internship for IntraHealth International in January. My project entails working with IntraHealth’s Policy Division and expanding the policy advocacy section of CapacityPlus’s HRH Global Resource Center (GRC), and a large component of my work involves interviewing leaders in policy advocacy for a new GRC interview series. 

With seven interviews conducted so far, I feel as if I have taken an accelerated course on the topic of policy advocacy, the basic purpose of which is to raise awareness and visibility of an issue in order to accomplish change. For HRH, policy advocacy work strives to achieve the implementation of favorable policies for programs that support health workers on the frontlines. Such policies range from funding to a new law with an intended health impact. The information conveyed in these interviews may seem obvious to those with a background in public health, but the ideas, arguments, and reasoning behind implementing policies to support health workers revealed a brand new perspective to me. Read more »

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