Policy and Planning

Improving Efficiency, Productivity, and Performance with the Workforce You Have, Not the One You Wish You Had

Carol Bales — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 15:07:33 +0000

Author's name:

Edward Broughton

February 2014 (All day)

Improving Efficiency, Productivity, and Performance with the Workforce You Have, Not the One You Wish You Had

This presentation was given at the CapacityPlus knowledge-sharing and dissemination event, Supporting Country-Led Efforts to Recruit and Retain Health Workers and Improve Their Productivity, held on February 18, 2014, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.

Analyzing Markets for Health Workers: Insights from Labor and Health Economics

Carol Bales — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:11:45 +0000

Author's name:

Edson Araújo

February 2014 (All day)

Analyzing Markets for Health Workers

Factors Influencing Health Workers’ Employment Decisions and Interventions to Address Geographical Imbalances in Health Workforce Distribution

Carol Bales — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:07:50 +0000

Author's name:

Wanda Jaskiewicz

February 2014 (All day)

Factors Influencing Health Workers’ Employment Decisions and Interventions to Address Geographical Imbalances in Health Workforce Distribution

Community Health Workers for Universal Health Care Coverage: From Fragmentation to Synergy

david — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:20:24 +0000

Author's name:

Kate Tulenko, Sigrun Møgedal, Muhammad Mahmood Afzal, Diana Frymus, Adetokunbo Oshin, Muhammad Pate, Estelle Quain, Arletty Pinel, Shona Wynd, and Sanjay Zodpey

November 2013 (All day)

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

This article—in a special issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization launched at the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health—explores the important role of community health workers in the effort to achieve universal health coverage. A range of current challenges related to inconsistent support for community health workers and failure to integrate them into national health systems has limited their potential contributions to primary health care. The article emphasizes the need for stronger public-sector leadership and more synergy among partners in better supporting and integrating community health workers as integral members of health teams that can increase accessibility and use of services.

Achieving HRH Commitments: Lessons Learned and Resources from CapacityPlus

Carol Bales — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 13:56:49 +0000

Achieving HRH Commitments: Lessons Learned and Resources from CapacityPlus

Author's name:

CapacityPlus

November 2013 (All day)

Achieving HRH Commitments: Lessons Learned and Resources from CapacityPlus

This presentation was given at the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health in Recife, Brazil, during the CapacityPlus side session on November 9, 2013. Project leaders shared innovative resources and lessons learned from their application at the country level in the areas of health workforce planning, production, management, performance, and retention.

La formation du personnel de santé

Sarah Dwyer — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:24:11 +0000

Author's name:

CapacityPlus

June 2012 (All day)

Issue Brief #6 (French)

Comment les pays peuvent-ils étendre l’éducation des prestataires de soins afin de répondre aux besoins sanitaires ?

Les agents de santé communautaires

Sarah Dwyer — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:23:43 +0000

Author's name:

CapacityPlus

May 2012 (All day)

Issue Brief #5 (French)

Comment les pays peuvent-ils rapidement accroître leurs effectifs sanitaires ?

Les organisations confessionnelles

Sarah Dwyer — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:23:12 +0000

Author's name:

CapacityPlus

February 2012 (All day)

Issue Brief #4 (French)

Comment les gouvernements peuvent-ils travailler avec les organisations confessionnelles pour renforcer le personnel de santé ?

Human Resources for Health Professional Development at the District Level: Recommendations Based on the Ugandan Experience

david — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:32:41 +0000

Author's name:

Wilma Gormley and James McCaffery

February 2013 (All day)

HRH Professional Development at the District Level

Many countries have committed to a process of decentralizing a range of human resources for health (HRH) responsibilities, decisions, and authorities to subnational or district levels. Such decentralization requires political and organizational adjustments in the way the health care workforce is managed at the subnational level. Health leaders and managers in a decentralized system need to be skilled in such areas as workforce planning, recruitment, deployment, performance management, and retention. Uganda is one country that has embarked on a program to strengthen HRH leadership and management at the district level. This report shares lessons learned from Uganda and—using this experience as a foundation—offers selected suggestions for how other countries might develop and implement HRH professional development programs at subnational levels.

Human Resources Management Assessment Approach

david — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:11:28 +0000

Author's name:

Paul Marsden, Margaret Caffrey, and Jim McCaffery

January 2013 (All day)

Human Resources Management Assessment Approach

Strengthening the human resources management (HRM) of the health workforce is essential to improve the quality of family planning, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, and other key services, and to ensure that global investments to increase the number of trained health workers are supported and sustained. The Human Resources Management Assessment Approach is designed to guide policy-makers, managers, and human resources practitioners toward better understanding and responding to the HRM challenges facing their health systems. The approach promotes the collection and analysis of information on defined HRM challenges and informs the development of policy, strategy, systems, and process interventions to respond to challenges in four key areas of HRM: health workforce planning and implementation, work environment and conditions, human resources information systems, and performance management.

Health Worker Education

Carol Bales — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:54:06 +0000

Author's name:

CapacityPlus

June 2012 (All day)

Issue Brief #6

How can countries scale up education of health workers to meet health care needs? This brief presents an overview of issues related to the production and training of health workers with suggested actions, key considerations, and resources. Also available in French.

Community Health Workers

Carol Bales — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:00:56 +0000

Author's name:

CapacityPlus

May 2012 (All day)

Issue Brief #5

How can countries more rapidly increase their health workforce? This brief presents an overview of issues related to community health workers and human resources for health along with suggested actions, key considerations, and resources. Also available in French.

Faith-Based Organizations

Sarah Dwyer — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:47:20 +0000

Author's name:

CapacityPlus

February 2012 (All day)

Issue Brief #4

How can governments work with faith-based organizations (FBOs) to strengthen the health workforce? This brief presents an overview of the issue of FBOs and human resources for health along with suggested actions, key considerations, and resources. Also available in French.

Kayode Odusote: A West African Perspective on Open Source

Sarah Dwyer — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:41:55 +0000

Author's name:

Sarah Dwyer and Carol Bales

November 2011 (All day)

Kayode Odusote interview

In this video clip, Professor Kayode Odusote talks about how he’s helping West African countries with their health workforce information systems, and why CapacityPlus’s open source iHRIS software suits their needs.

La croissance démographique et la crise mondiale des effectifs sanitaires

Sarah Dwyer — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:20:07 +0000

Author's name:

Sara Pacqué-Margolis, Carie Muntifering, Crystal Ng, and Shaun Noronha

November 2011 (All day)

CapacityPlus Résumé technique n°1

Ce résumé technique riche en données examine l’impact potentiel de la croissance démographique sur les efforts entrepris par divers pays en vue d’améliorer l’accès au personnel de santé et recommande une approche permettant de répondre aux besoins sanitaires des familles tout en réduisant l’impact de la crise qui touche le personnel de soins.