Policy and Planning

The Kenya Emergency Hiring Plan: Results from a Rapid Workforce Expansion Strategy

September 2009 by Linda Fogarty and Ummuro Adano

Discusses the planning and implementation of the Capacity Project-led Emergency Hiring Plan, and reflections for future implementation.

TAGS: Emergency Hiring Plan, Expansion Strategy, Kenya

Repositioning Family Planning: Rwanda’s No-Scalpel Vasectomy Program

September 2009 by Daniel H. de Vries, Anne Wilson, Catherine Murphy, and Joshua Davis

Legacy Series 3

Discusses the Capacity Project's work to expand family planning services, and provides recommendations for future implementation.

TAGS: Capacity-Building, Family Planning, Gender, No-Scalpel Vasectomy, Rwanda

Human Resources for Health: Tackling the Human Resource Management Piece of the Puzzle

December 2008 by Ummuro Adano, Jim McCaffery, Paul Ruwoldt, Barbara Stilwell

Project Tech Brief 14

Describes the human resource management (HRM) problems that contribute to the health worker crisis, identifies specific strategic actions to address these HRM challenges and concludes with examples of innovations to stimulate programmatic funding opportunities for strengthening human resources for health.

TAGS: HR Management

Building the Bridge from Human Resources Data to Effective Decisions: Ten Pillars of Successful Data-Driven Decision-Making

August 2008 by Ummuro Adano

Project Tech Brief 11

Presents ten fundamental and practical pillars to aid HR managers, practitioners and policy analysts in building a bridge from HR data and reports to effective HR policy and management decisions.

TAGS: Data, Human Resources Information Systems, Management, Planning

An Overview of Human Resources for Health (HRH) Projection Models

August 2008 by Pamela A. McQuide, Julie Stevens, Dykki Settle

Project Tech Brief 12

Provides a rapid review of different health workforce projection approaches with a list of references for more information.

TAGS: Data, Human Resources Information Systems, Projections, Staffing

Data Quality Considerations in Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) Strengthening

July 2008 by Samwel Wakibi

Project Tech Brief 10

Discusses concepts of data quality and provides examples of the importance of data management specific to the field of human resources for health.

TAGS: Data, Human Resources Information Systems

Human Resources for Health (HRH) Strategic Planning

January 2008 by Tim Martineau, Margaret Caffrey

Project Tech Brief 9

Provides guidance on HRH strategic planning, illustrated with examples.

TAGS: Planning

Workforce Planning for the Health Sector

August 2006 by Geoff King, Tim Martineau

Project Tech Brief 6

Examines the need for workforce planning, reviews basic concepts and practical issues, and summarizes key steps for developing a workforce plan.