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Social Workers Are at the Fault Lines of Society

“Social workers are placed at the fault lines of society,” claimed Professor Walter ... Social Development last week. At times of devastating health epidemics, financial crises, natural disasters, or war, we are very often quick to respond to immediate health, housing, and food security needs. Another often neglected area of ...

Blog - Carol Bales - June 2013 - 0 comments

Using Data to Successfully Advocate for Health Workforce Funding

... 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 other ...

Blog - Carol Bales - October 2013 - 0 comments

iHRIS Health Workforce Information System Helps India Improve Health Service Delivery

... like many countries, is embracing the goal of universal health coverage —that all people can affordably access the health services they need. Health workers are vital to these efforts, of course, since health services don’t ...

News - Sarah Dwyer - July 2014 - 0 comments

Picturing Our Work: Improving Preservice Education of Health Workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo HOMEPIC

... Improving Health Worker Education in the DRC ...

Homepic - Sarah Dwyer - June 2014 - 0 comments

Building Powerful Constituencies to Address the Health Workforce Crisis: The Importance of Global Partnerships

To foster action on the global human resources for health (HRH) crisis, a sense of urgency must be sustained at global, regional, ... (HRH) Technical Working Group launched Because Health Workers Matter , a tool for faith-based organizations and health facility ...

News - david - May 2014 - 0 comments

Strengthening the Supply Chain Management Workforce in Namibia: Applying the WISN Method to Estimate Staffing Needs

... to address human resources inefficiencies in the public health supply chain. With the challenges faced in Namibia, the Ministry of ... was to estimate the types and numbers of supply chain workers needed at central and regional medical stores based on the estimated ...

Resource - david - September 2015 - 0 comments

Motivating Health Workers to Serve in Rural Lao PDR

... Dr. Outavong Phathammavong describe an effort to assess health workers’ preferences in order to determine the most effective incentives for ...

Resource - Sarah Dwyer - October 2011 - 0 comments

Tackling the Global Burden of Disease, One Health Worker at a Time

... distribution and causes of major diseases, injuries, and health risk factors. The study is, according to The Lancet ’s ... reducing the global burden of disease. Every day, health workers contribute to this achievement as they struggle to save and improve ...

Blog - Sarah Dwyer - January 2013 - 0 comments

Scaling Up Health Workforce Education and Training: Guide for Applying the Bottlenecks and Best Buys Approach

... Scaling Up Health Workforce Education and Training: Guide for Applying the Bottlenecks and ... the production of competent and qualified health workers that can be overcome through limited yet strategic investments. This ...

Resource - Sarah Dwyer - May 2015 - 0 comments

Focusing on the Role of Nontraditional Health Workers

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

News - Sarah Dwyer - October 2010 - 0 comments