Subnavigation

• Global Health Workforce Alliance
• About the Alliance
• Members & partners
• Country responses
• Knowledge centre
• Media centre
• Forums

Alliance News Digest

Information

WEEK OF 02 October 2009

• Download the bulletin in PDF
  pdf, 102kb

News from the Global Health Workforce Alliance

• New web news digest goes live - the Alliance
  The Alliance web site now features a new section in its media centre which provides summaries and links to a selection of the key news and scientific articles on a weekly basis.
  
  

AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST

• NIGERIA: Strike paralyses health services - UN IRIN (9/25)
  The Adamawa state government suspended a basic salary increase approved in August 2008 for health workers in public hospitals.
  

• Minister points Influenza A as new challenge of health workers - Angola Press (9/26)
  Aiming to improve health services offer, government plans to build more centre centres.
  

• KNUST trains more medical doctors - Peace FM Online, Ghana (9/27)
  If there were improved facilities SMS could train more doctors.
  

• Minister urges West African colleges to help African countries achieve MDGs - Daily Triumph, Nigeria (9/28)
  Minister of Health said that colleges are expected to work with ministries to identify gaps in quantity and quality of health workforce.
  

• Health centre III facilities are ailing - New Vision, Uganda (9/25)
  Health services in two health centres visited are very basic and disorganized.
  

• Destacada ética e deontologia profissional na enfermagem - Angola Press (9/25)
  O responsável que falava à Angop, no âmbito do dia 25, dia consagrado ao trabalhador da saúde.
  

• Uganda: Why Simple Scientific Data is Hard to Come By - East African, Kenya (9/28)
  There is a deficit of knowledge that exists between problems and solutions.
  

• GLOBAL: Inching towards universal access to PMTCT services - IRIN/PlusNews, Africa (10/1)
  According to WHO, the global shortage of health workers exceeds four million.
  

ASIA AND PACIFIC

• Malaria deaths stalk Jajpur - Times of India (9/27)
  Panic has hit the people from Jajpur district areas after the dealth of two people within three days.
  

• AIHW Reports Health Funding Rise Under Rudd Government - Australia.to News (9/29)
  The Rud government is making available funding for health workforce, preventative health, Indigenous health, health infrastructure and maternity services.
  

• Brain drain in Health dept - The National, PNG (9/21)
  Staff member of Health department expresses concern with health staff brain-drain.
  

• Will more doctors mean better health? - Croakey, Australia (9/28)
  Importance of motivating professionals to go to the bush proposing motivating incentives.
  
  

NORTH AMERICA

• WHO Aims to Hand Out 300 Million Doses of Swine Flu Vaccine - Washington Post (9(24)
  Protecting health workers will help assure that health-care systems continue to function even at the peak of the epidemic.
  

• Calif. can't train enough health workers - Fresco Bee, CA (9/27)
  Shortage of slots and too many students.
  

• Labor agency: La. needs more 2-year college grads - Boston Globe (9/28)
  Louisianna has more graduates with four-year college degrees than the state can employ while it has a shortage of nurses, health aides, etc.
  

• Health worker shortage forums set in Norwich - Norwich Bulletin, Conn (9/27)
  Norwich is tackling the shortage of health workers.
  

• Report: Demand for health care workers to triple - Business Journal, CA (9/25)
  The demand for health workers could triple by 2030.
  

• A harm in 'medical tourism' - Philadelphia Inquirer (9/25)
  The poor need lasting efforts to improve global health.
  

• Health Care Workers Protest Mandatory H1N1 Vaccination - CBS News (9/29)
  Health care workers are planning to take to the streets in front of the Albany, NY state capitol.
  

• University program establishes health safety center in Congo - Cavalier Daily, VA (9/24)
  Especially with the shortage of health workers in developing world, it is important to invest in their safety.
  

• Des infirmières en manque d'emplois - Radio-Canada (9/24)
  Pourtant, la pénurie d'infirmières était bien réelle en Alberta.
  

EUROPE

• WHO outlines strategy for universal healthcare coverage for Asia - British Medical Journal, UK (9/29)
  The health financing strategy for the Asia Pacific region strives for universal access to health care.
  

• HSE created more managers - Irish Medical Times (9/24)
  Restructuring within the DOH does not take into consideration the needs of citizens or the challenges of public service delivery.
  

• Auditors find NHS financial performance good overall - British Medical Journal, UK (10/1)
  "NHS trusts have made steady progress over the last four years, with most performing well or strongly”, said independent watchdog Audit Commission.
  

• Balancing on Wheels of Hope - Open Democracy, UK (9/39)
  Alice Welbourn questions the role of the health authorities in caring for their own health staff with HIV.
  

• Standardised metrics for global surgical surveillance - The Lancet, UK (9/26)
  Public health surveillance relies on standardised metrics to evaluate disease burden and health system performance.
  

• Rentrée de l'Ecole d'Infirmières: l'Ariège a besoin de personnels soignants - Ariège News, France (9/8)
  Il y a d’importants besoins d’infirmiers dans l’Ariège.
  

• Fronde contre le nouvel Ordre des infirmiers - Rue89, France (9/28)
  Vu le manque d'infirmières partout en France, difficile d'imaginer un ordre les empêchant de travailler.
  

• SATSE pide recursos humanos suficientes para las campañas de vacunación - ABC, Spain (9/24)
  SATSE considera que la falta de enfermeras puede hacer inviable el Plan de respuesta ante la nueva gripa.
  

• La Diputación alavesa niega las malas condiciones laborales denunciadas por SATSE y destaca la "calidad" del servicio - Europa Press, Spain (9/25)
  En Álava se acusa la falta enfermeras, dada la escasa oferta de titulados que hay en el mercado.
  

• Cubanos ainda só assistem a consultas dadas por portugueses - Diário de Notícias, Portugal (9/29)
  Os médicos cubanos contratos há um mês pelo Ministério da Saúde para suprir a carência de médicos de família .
  
  

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN

• Funcionarios del Mopvi inspeccionaron obras en la CHET - El Carabobeño, Venezuela (9/27)
  Hay carencia de médicos, especialistas, enfermeras, seguridad, insumos, material de limpieza.
  

• 40% de médicos recién graduados trabaja fuera del país - El Carabobeño, Venezuela (9/23)
  El Venezuela existe un deficit de médicos.
  

• Conferência discute a situação da saúde pública de Curitiba - Paraná Online, Brazil (9/27)
  A principal carência do SUS, não apenas em Curitiba, mas em todo o Brasil, é a prestação dos atendimentos específicos.
  

• Limitarán medicamentos gratis por falta de presupuesto en Paraguay - SDP Notícias, Paraguay (9/25)
  Ministra de Sanidad ha dicho que en el 2010 habrá limitación de insumos y personal médico.
  

• Devela simulacro carencias de servicio médico en zona oriente - La Jornada Morelos, Mexico (9/25)
  Cuautla y sus 15 municipios carecen de profesionales de la salud para atender emergencias.
  

• Reportan falta de médicos en Samoa para víctimas de tsunami - Milenio, Mexico (10/1)
  Faltan médicos y enfermeras para atender a los heridos victimas del tsunami en Samoa.
  
  

News from WHO and partners

• More than four million HIV-positive people now receiving life-saving treatment - WHO (9/30)
  According to a report released over 4 million people in low- and middle-income countries were receiving ART at the end of 2008.
  

• New health financing strategy seeks to reduce out-of-pocket health expenses - WHO (9/23)
  WHO urged Member States to prioritize financial plans to ensure broader access to medical services.
  

• UN announcement on health: reactions from the field - Merlin, UK (9/25)
  £3.2 billion was made available to improve health services across the developing world.
  

• PM says thanks for Merlin's role in free health care campaign - Merlin, UK (9/28)
  British Prime Ministers thanks Merlin for the health event at the UN.