Global Health Workforce Alliance

Farewell message from Dr Mubashar Sheikh

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:50:00 GMT

Dear colleagues,

Tanzania to employ more health workers

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Even in the context of the global shortage of skilled health workers, Tanzania stands out as a country with enormous challenges to overcome. A nation of over 40 million people, Tanzania is in the midst of a critical human resource for health crisis. In fact, the country can count on just 5.2 clinical health workers per 10 000 people, one fifth of the optimal ratio recommended by the World Health Organization. Furthermore, during childbirth, about half of all pregnant women do not receive clinical assistance by a doctor, nurse, midwife or maternal and child health aide.

Nomination for the HRH Awards 2013 now open

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:36:00 GMT

The Alliance is pleased to announce the opening of the nominations for the HRH Awards 2013 which will honour four categories of outstanding players in the field of human resources for health: health workers working in remote/hardship area; country level decision makers; partner agencies and organizations; and journalists. The HRH Awards 2013 will be delivered during a special ceremony at the upcoming Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, in Recife, Brazil, from 10-13 November 2013.

One Million Community Health Workers Campaign holds its first National Planning Workshop, Tanzania

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:31:00 GMT

The One Million Community Health Workers Campaign held its first National Planning Workshop from 14-18 April in Ifakara, Tanzania, with participation of eight sub-Saharan African countries. Over the four-day workshop, delegates worked to strategically plan for increasing access to primary care through the use of Community Health Workers (CHWs).

Health workers, the key to immunization

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:01:00 GMT

World Immunization Week, coordinated by the World Health Organization, takes place from 21-28 April 2013. It aims to recognize the contribution that vaccination has brought to global health in reducing the occurrence of diseases like polio, measles and diphtheria. Across the globe, several activities have been organized including vaccination campaigns, training workshops, round-table discussions, public information campaigns, and more.

World Health Day 2013: calls for intensified efforts to prevent and control hypertension

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:31:00 GMT

To celebrate this year’s World Health Day taking place on 7 April, the World Health Organization is calling for increased efforts to prevent and control hypertension- or high blood pressure. Hypertension is estimated to affect more than a third of adults aged 25 and above, accounting for about a billion people worldwide and contributes to nearly 9.4 million deaths from cardiovascular diseases each year.

Health Labour Market Analysis Regional Workshop, March 25-27, 2013, Hammamat, Tunisia

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:06:00 GMT

At a recent regional workshop on “Health Labour Market Analysis”, the Global Health Workforce Alliance, the World Bank and the African Development Bank jointly took forward an analytical study aiming to address the HRH situation focusing on Africa and using the health labour market analytical framework. The overall goal of this joint study is to support health policy makers and health program managers in Africa to understand better the status, trends and dynamics of health workforce through the assessment of recent Health Labour Market (HLM) analysis conducted in the African context. The workshop also discussed the potential value added of evidence-based HRH policies based on sound HLM analysis (including education, skills mix, retention, performance incentives, regulation and management).

Call for papers: “Right Time, Right Place: Improving access to health service through effective retention and distribution of health workers”

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:12:00 GMT

March 2013 | Alliance member the Health Workforce Australia will be sponsoring a peer-reviewed thematic series on how countries can keep scarce skills in the system by effective retention strategies, and how they can enable them to be deployed where they can best make a positive difference to population health. This series - “Right Time, Right Place: Improving access to health service through effective retention and distribution of health workers,” - will be published in the peer-reviewed journal Human Resources for Health.

The Forum Working Group convened for the second time in Washington DC

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:29:00 GMT

Washington DC, 20 March |Hosted by the Pan American Health Organization in Washington DC. the second meeting of the Forum Working Group concluded yesterday with representatives from the Global Health Workforce (GHWA), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO / WHO), the Ministry of Health of Brazil, JICA, Save the children, AMREF, USAID and various other partner institutions.

Second Meeting of Forum Working Group

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:13:00 GMT

The Alliance is organizing the second meeting of the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health Working Group (FWG) in Washington DC, USA, from 18-19 March 2013.