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Knowledge Library

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.

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

Les agents de santé communautaires

May 2012 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconIssue Brief #5 (French)

Comment les pays peuvent-ils rapidement accroître leurs effectifs sanitaires ?

TAGS: Community Health Workers, Education and Training, HR Management, Policy and Planning

West Africa’s Regional Approach to Strengthening Health Workforce Information

April 2012 by Kayode Odusote, Carol Bales, Sarah Dwyer, and Dykki Settle
application/pdf iconCapacityPlus Technical Brief #2 (PDF)
CapacityPlus Technical Brief #2 (Interactive Version)

The West African Health Organization is implementing a regional approach to strengthening health workforce information systems, leveraging resources from CapacityPlus, other USAID-funded projects, donors, and global organizations. This technical brief provides an overview of this approach, highlights lessons learned, and provides recommendations for other regions and countries to adopt the approach.

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TAGS: Ghana, HR Information Systems, iHRIS, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo

Les organisations confessionnelles

February 2012 by CapacityPlus
application/pdf iconIssue Brief #4 (French)

Comment les gouvernements peuvent-ils travailler avec les organisations confessionnelles pour renforcer le personnel de santé ?

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

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. Also available in French.

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

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

Toward Development of a Rural Retention Strategy in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Understanding Health Worker Preferences

January 2012 by Wanda Jaskiewicz, Outavong Phathammavong, Phouthone Vangkonevilay, Chanthakhath Paphassarang, Inpong Thong Phachanh, and Laura Wurts
application/pdf iconTechnical Report of DCE in Lao PDR

This technical report presents the results of a discrete choice experiment (DCE) conducted by the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Ministry of Health, in partnership with the World Health Organization and CapacityPlus, using CapacityPlus’s rural retention survey toolkit. The DCE surveyed health professional students and health workers practicing in rural provinces to investigate their motivational preferences for potential strategies to increase attraction and retention in the country’s rural and remote settings.

TAGS: Discrete Choice Experiment, Health Workers, Lao PDR, Retention, Rural, Students