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Dominican Republic Advances Work to Strengthen Management of Health Workers

Aug 16, 2011

Improving how health workers are managed is key to strengthening the services they deliver. In the Dominican Republic, CapacityPlus is helping the Ministry of Health refine the human resources management (HRM) systems needed to create an enabling environment for the health workforce to perform effectively. Read more »

HRH Global Resource Center Launches eLearning Program

Aug 12, 2011

On August 2, the HRH Global Resource Center officially launched its eLearning program at an online event hosted in Chapel Hill, NC, and highlighted the program’s first eLearning course, iHRIS Administrator: Level 1. Read more »

Using Open Source Health Applications to Strengthen the Health System

Aug 11, 2011

“No single software can serve all the needs of everyone in the health sector,” says Dr. Alvin Marcelo, associate professor of surgery and medical informatics at the University of the Philippines Manila. He’s working on a plan to use a set of free, open source applications to produce aggregated information that can help health-sector leaders address gaps and take steps to improve health outcomes. Read more »

Strengthening Zimbabwe’s Social Services Workforce to Help Orphans and Vulnerable Children

Aug 1, 2011

While HIV prevalence in Zimbabwe has declined, there remains an estimated 1.6 million children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS, according to the National Action Plan for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) 2011-2015. Their resulting needs are not fully met by the country’s limited workforce for child welfare and protection. Read more »

New Article Highlights Need to Address Gender Discrimination in Health Workplaces

Jul 29, 2011

Incidences of workplace violence in Rwandan health facilities are influenced by gender inequality, concludes a study published this month by IntraHealth International’s Constance Newman in the journal Human Resources for Health. Read more »

Partnering to Strengthen Community Health Worker Programs

Jul 28, 2011

CapacityPlus and the HRH Global Resource Center have partnered with CHW Central, a new online forum that facilitates sharing information about community health worker (CHW) programming, policy, and evaluation. CHW Central fosters discussions, connects users to experts, hosts virtual learning sessions, and provides updates on the latest developments as well as a variety of materials, tools, and guidance on CHW programming. Read more »

New Article Provides Guidance for Putting Health Workforce Tools into Action

Jul 27, 2011

CapacityPlus’s James McCaffery published an article in a special issue of a Peruvian medical journal focused on human resources for health (HRH). Overcoming the hurdle of implementation: Putting human resources for health tools into action appears in volume 28 of Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública. Read more »

CapacityPlus Contributes to WHO Meeting on Health Workforce Observatories

Jul 21, 2011

CapacityPlus’s James McCaffery represented the project’s work with human resources for health (HRH) stakeholder leadership groups at the World Health Organization’s Global Meeting of HRH Observatories, held in Lisbon, Portugal from July 4-7. Read more »

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