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HRH Global Resource Center October Newsletter

Oct 21, 2010

This monthly update from the HRH Global Resource Center provides information on the latest resources, improvements, and news from this digital library devoted to human resources for health. Please contact us with your questions and suggested resources. Read more »

Focusing on the Role of Nontraditional Health Workers

Oct 18, 2010

When we think about the global health workforce, we usually picture nurses, doctors, and midwives first, perhaps followed by other cadres such as pharmacists. Nontraditional health workers can be overlooked, although they play an important role in health service delivery. Read more »

Strengthening Christian Health Associations in Africa

Oct 8, 2010

The Africa Christian Health Associations Platform (ACHAP) Workshop brought together 40 participants from 16 Christian Health Associations (CHAs), the ACHAP Secretariat, and three development agencies—ICCO, Cordaid, and CapacityPlus partner IMA World Health. CapacityPlus staff Doris Mwarey reported, “It was exciting to learn how most of the CHAs have integrated their health management information systems with the Ministry of Health systems.” Read more »

At Open Source Unconference—Systems Now Interoperable and Regional Networks Built

Oct 1, 2010

CapacityPlus staff members Carl Leitner and Dykki Settle recently traveled to Ghana to provide training and leadership for the Health Information System (HIS) Unconference, hosted by the Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence with support from the West African Health Organization and the Health Metrics Network. Conference participants included human resources managers and directors from West Africa, and HIS developers from West Africa, Botswana, and Lesotho. Representatives from several major Open Source HIS including iHRIS, OpenMRS, and DHIS also attended. Read more »

HRH Global Resource Center September Newsletter

Sep 20, 2010

This monthly update from the HRH Global Resource Center provides information on the latest resources, improvements, and news from this digital library devoted to human resources for health (HRH). Please contact us with your questions and suggested resources. Read more »

Health Worker Retention Survey Tested in Uganda

Sep 20, 2010

CapacityPlus staff Laura Wurts, associate partner African Population & Health Research Center staff George Mgomella, and consultant Peter Rockers initiated field testing in August of an innovative, user-friendly assessment tool to address the attraction and retention of priority human resources for health cadres in rural and remote areas in Uganda. Read more »

Open Source and Global Health UnConference Focuses on Health Information Systems in West Africa: September 20-24, Accra, Ghana

Sep 17, 2010

The West African Health Organization (WAHO), WHO, the University of Oslo, Health Metrics Network (HMN), and CapacityPlus have joined forces to organize an “unconference” in Accra, Ghana, to strengthen health information systems capacity throughout West Africa. Additional partners include the Kofi Annan Center of Excellence in Information-Communications Technology (ICT) and the region’s ministries of health. Read more »

Helping Health Workers Respond to Relief Efforts in Haiti

Sep 16, 2010

In Haiti, health workers have been doing all they can since January’s earthquake to help communities in need. The HRH Global Resource Center (GRC), CapacityPlus’s digital library of human resources for health information, recently contributed to the Haiti Relief Toolkit produced by Knowledge for Health, a USAID-supported project. The toolkit provides technical and practical information to help health workers respond to the relief efforts. Read more »

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