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HR Management

Human Resources Management

How can we strengthen the systems health workers need to function effectively? This brief presents an overview of the issue of HR management along with suggested actions, key considerations, and resources. Also available in French and Spanish.

Faith-Based Organizations: Using HR Management to Support Health Workers

Dr. Samuel Mwenda, chairman of the Africa Christian Health Associations Platform (ACHAP) and general secretary of the Christian Health Association of Kenya, and Doris Mwarey, ACHAP's regional HR specialist, discuss the role of human resources management for faith-based organizations. Also available in French.

Human Resources Management Rapid Assessment Tool

An overview of the HRM Rapid Assessment Tool, which assists policy-makers, managers, and human resources practitioners to understand, assess, and respond to underlying HRM issues and challenges facing the health system.

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

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.