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Years of Investments Finally Put Health Workers on the Global Stage

... Blog . For almost 10 years, I managed health programs in Africa, Asia, and South America that harnessed social ... HIV/AIDS Alliance and its local partners are helping community health volunteers become more effective by using social mapping to ... buy for health : a life is saved by a frontline health worker every three seconds and yet it costs as little as $300 to train one. The ...

Blog - Sarah Dwyer - September 2013 - 0 comments

Celebrating World AIDS Day: Getting to Zero

... vertical challenges For many years the global health community has called for the elimination of silos or parallel systems ...

Blog - Carol Bales - December 2011 - 0 comments

CapacityPlus Launches Global Advisory Board on Strengthening Health Schools in Developing Countries

... Plus Launches Global Advisory Board on Strengthening Health Schools in Developing Countries As part of ... will represent Capacity Plus . “The global health community needs to urgently support the strengthening of not only the curricula ...

News - jennifer - January 2011 - 0 comments

New Resource Spotlight: iHRIS Retain, a Tool for Costing Plans to Keep Health Workers in Rural Areas

... in rural and remote areas of the world need more skilled health workers to care for their communities. However, attracting and retaining ... themselves, the result is more sustainable and rural community health will benefit. Related items: New Publication ...

News - Carol Bales - September 2012 - 0 comments

What’s Ahead? Making Commitments to Strengthening the Health Workforce

... week we’ve celebrated the amazing lifesaving work of health workers around the world, as part of the first-ever World Health Worker ... civil society and faith-based organizations, and the donor community—as well as the health workforce. Together we hope to take some ...

Blog - Carol Bales - April 2013 - 0 comments

Preparing Health Workers to Meet Women’s Reproductive Health Needs in Mali

... students to provide much-needed care for the diverse community. Family planning and reproductive health are a particular focus and a challenge as well. Students illustrated the ...

News - Sarah Dwyer - June 2011 - 0 comments

Getting Health Workers to the Women Who Need Them

... Sitting on a bench in a grassy area outside the rural health center where she works, in western Uganda, she says she loves helping ... constraints, different outcomes In the global health community, we tend to lump these “health workforce crisis” countries ...

Blog - Carol Bales - September 2012 - 0 comments

How Can Governments Work with Faith-Based Organizations to Strengthen the Health Workforce?

... an overview of the issue of FBOs and human resources for health along with suggested actions, key considerations, and resources. ... and provide health care through hospitals, clinics, and community- and home-based programs. In many countries, FBOs train a significant ...

News - Sarah Dwyer - March 2012 - 0 comments

Using Data to Successfully Advocate for Health Workforce Funding

... Uganda, one exhausted midwife—widely loved by her community and usually fantastic at her job—found herself snapping at her ... She’s not alone. The country’s vast shortage of health workers has left almost half the jobs in the health sector empty and the ...

Blog - Carol Bales - October 2013 - 0 comments

Health Workers Can Help Stamp Out Poverty

... to back that up . While money alone can’t buy good health, the poor are significantly more likely to experience poor health. But ... daughters as well as their sons to school or convince a community to install latrines or to invest in repairing a water pump. They may ...

Blog - Carol Bales - June 2013 - 0 comments