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Mali Joins Nearby Countries in Adopting CapacityPlus’s iHRIS Software

May 23, 2011

Mali is the newest country in West Africa to adopt CapacityPlus’s iHRIS software, a suite of Open Source tools for tracking, managing, and planning the health workforce. CapacityPlus supports the West African Health Organization (WAHO) in strengthening health workforce information in the region and implementing the iHRIS software in interested countries. Read more »

CapacityPlus at the 2011 Global Health Council Conference

May 19, 2011

From June 13-17, CapacityPlus staff will gather with other global health leaders at the 38th Annual International Conference on Global Health in Washington, DC. This year the conference will focus on the world’s changing demographics, the shift toward urban living, and the growing burden of chronic and noncommunicable disease. Read more »

New Publication Spotlight: Interview with Peter Rockers on Determining Priority Retention Packages to Attract and Retain Health Workers in Rural and Remote Areas in Uganda

May 18, 2011

Currently, positions staffed by the Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH) in many of the country’s rural and remote areas remain 50% vacant. This situation is not unique to Uganda, and health system planners in both developing and developed countries struggle to staff positions in rural areas. “The MOH is in the process of identifying which strategies for attracting and retaining health workers will be most successful, given resource constraints in underserved areas in the country,” says Peter Rockers, coauthor of a new CapacityPlus publication. Read more »

HRH Global Resource Center Launches New Tutorials

May 17, 2011

Every month, nearly 48,000 users on average access the HRH Global Resource Center (GRC), CapacityPlus’s digital library of human resources for health information with over 2,700 resources. Three new online tutorials introduce new users to the GRC. Read more »

Supporting the Dominican Republic’s Focus on Public Health Human Resources Management

May 16, 2011

The Dominican Republic National Health System’s objective is to improve the health of individuals and communities, prevent diseases, and eliminate inequalities relating to health status and access to services. Read more »

Sharing Assessments of Knowledge Management Initiatives through the KM Impact Challenge

May 11, 2011

From May 5-6, CapacityPlus’s Corinne Farrell represented the project at the KM Impact Challenge unConference in Washington, DC. She shared a case study on measuring the success of the HRH Global Resource Center, a digital library of human resources for health information that is a knowledge management (KM) service of CapacityPlus. Read more »

Partnering to Strengthen Health Information in West Africa

Apr 28, 2011

CapacityPlus is teaming up with other organizations and projects to improve health information—including data on the health workforce—in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Read more »

Focusing on HR Management to Support Health Workers

Apr 26, 2011

In Africa, an estimated 30% to 70% of the health infrastructure is owned by faith-based organizations (FBOs), according to the World Health Organization. The Africa Christian Health Associations Platform (ACHAP) facilitates communication and advocacy among FBOs that are part of the Christian Health Association network. Read more »

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