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Making Work Safe for Health Workers

... an opportunity to help improve working conditions for health workers worldwide. Exposure to infection April 28 is World Day for ...

Blog - jennifer - June 2013 - 1 comment

Taking Steps to Retain Health Workers in Rural Areas of Lao People’s Democratic Republic

... and 38% of nurses worldwide, according to the World Health Organization . Health workers are often not motivated to accept or remain at posts in rural and ...

News - Sarah Dwyer - June 2011 - 0 comments

New Publication Spotlight: Recruitment of Community Health Workers

... most appropriate person to fill the role of a community health worker is a vital element of a functional local health system. Community health workers are often the only ones able to reach critical populations in ...

News - Sarah Dwyer - July 2014 - 0 comments

CapacityPlus Experts Contribute to Special Issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization Focusing on Human Resources for Universal Health Coverage

... Contribute to Special Issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization Focusing on Human Resources for Universal Health Coverage ... The three articles focus on retention of rural health workers, integration of community health workers, and leveraging of information ...

News - david - February 2014 - 0 comments

Empowered Health Workers Improve Health Care, One Facility at a Time

This post originally appeared on the Frontline Health Workers Coalition blog . “What inspires me is when I see patie nts ...

Blog - Carol Bales - April 2014 - 0 comments

Social Service Workers Address Ebola’s Widespread Social Impacts

... will be ever more critical as Ebola’s far-reaching health, security, political, economic, and social impacts on West Africa become ... of Ebola? Fortunately, skilled social service workers are helping to prevent the spread of the disease and addressing its ...

Blog - Sarah Dwyer - December 2014 - 0 comments

New ILO Report: The World Needs More Rural Health Workers, A Lot More

... made a distressing finding: without adequate numbers of health workers, especially in rural areas, more than half of the world’s rural ...

Blog - Sarah Dwyer - May 2015 - 0 comments

Supporting Lifelong Learning among Nigerian Community Health Workers through a Targeted Assessment of Training Needs

... the competencies needed to deliver high-quality services, health workers must be lifelong learners. Formal continuing education and training ...

Blog - Sarah Dwyer - December 2014 - 0 comments

Frontline Health Workers’ Key Role in Improving Nutrition

This post originally appeared in the Frontline Health Workers Coalition Blog . Sunita Kumari was struggling to get her ...

Blog - Carol Bales - June 2013 - 0 comments

Empowering Health Workers to Improve Service Delivery in Uganda

... her community the best possible care. But as a clinical health officer in Mbale District, Uganda , she knows how difficult it can ... on the floor. And there weren’t nearly enough health workers to meet the community’s demand for care. (In Uganda there are only ...

Blog - Carol Bales - December 2013 - 0 comments