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Alliance News Digest

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WEEK OF 30 October 2009

News related to/from the Global Health Workforce Alliance

• Ghana Hosts Meeting On Human Resources For Health - ISRIA. (10/27)
  Without major improvements to national health systems, the health-related MDGs will not be reached and sustained.
  
  

• Fourteen African countries kickoff HRH coordination consultation series - The Alliance. (10/26)
  Overcoming shortages of health workforce requires coordinated commitment and implementation from partners outside the health sector.
  
  

• First meeting on Human Resources for Health in Africa opens in Accra - Peace FM Online, Ghana. (10/27)
  The meeting is organised by GHWA is being attended by representatives from 15 African countries.
  
  

AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST

• Pay raise for health workers in hardship areas - Daily Nation, Kenya. (10/27)
  there will be massive recruitment of staff in the health sector to fill in the existing gaps.
  

• Inculcate right work culture in training of health workers - Ghana News. (10/24)
  Government is pursuing radical polices to address the big shortfall in all areas of health delivery
  

• Migrating nurses cost Malawi millions - The Southern Times, SA. (10/27)
  Study attempts to quantify the financial loss to the country, besides the obvious impact on its health services.
  

• Empower women to curb maternal mortality - Ghana News Agency. (10/20)
  Health facilities and health workers must be provided, especially in the rural areas.
  

• Statement at the United Nations General Assembly in New Yorkon efforts being undertaken, to reduce Maternal Mortality in Sierra Leone - Awareness Times, Sierra Leone. (10/27)
  An outstanding challenge is the shortage of human resources for health. There has been no full complement of staff in PHUs due to brain drain from the medical field.
  

• Ogun health workers temporarily suspend strike- Next, Nigeria. (10/30)
  Government assured health workers its commitment to the improvement of health sector.
  

• The global impact of America's health-care debate - Daily Star, Lebanon. (10/28)
  Since assuming the presidency earlier this year, Barack Obama’s primary legislative focus has been on reforming the financing of American health care.
  
  

ASIA AND PACIFIC

• Pfizer, Indian NGO tie up on public health - Bombay News, India. (10/26)
  PHFI works on strengthening training, research and policy development in the area of public health in the country.
  

• Non-payment to health workers could derail polio drive in Uttar Pradesh -Samay Live, India. (10/25)
  NRHM has been formally requested to release money for pending allowances.
  

• Pregnancy, childbirth, and maternal deaths Spruce up health care mechanism - The Himalayan Times, Nepal. (10/26)
  Many maternal deaths could be prevented by improving the quality of health care.
  

• Gender equality? India ranks a poor 114th - Rediff Business, India. (10/27)
  Countries that do not fully capitalize on one-half of their human resources run the risk of undermining their competitive potential
  
  

• Maternity unit well-equipped - Whyalla News, Australia. (10/29)
  There is in Australia wide shortage of midwives and Whyalla is no exception.
  

• Nursing numbers up, but only just - Campus Review, Australia. (10/26)
  Although enrolment in university nurse school has risen slightly, it is not enough to cover future needs.
  
  

NORTH AMERICA

• IntraHealth to Lead $300 Million USAID Project in Global Health Workforce, Systems Strengthening - PR Newswire. (10/20)
  Worldwide, there is a shortfall of 4 million health workers needed to increase access to critical primary health care services.
  

• Is Healthcare Still a Promising Field? - Hartford Courant, CT. (10/21)
  Recession has caused many workers to return to the workforce because of financial pressures, helping alleviate the shortage.
  

• Michigan Health Council president: Slowdown in demand for acute-care nurses a 'blip,' hiring likely to resume - MLive, MI. (10/26)
  Council president speaks about shortage of health staff in Michigan and the changes in health care delivery jobs.
  

• Hospitals could turn away terminally ill, others if severe flu outbreak occurs - Naples News, FL. (10/25)
  Florida Health Departament prepares for responding to worse case scenario pandemics.
  

• Nursing student aids Tanzanians - Omaha World-Herald, NE. (10/26)
  Nebraska University student spends her time and money providing care to those who need it.
  

• 22 Bilingual Graduate Social Work Students Receive $386,000 in Scholarships from the Hogg Foundation - University of Texas News. (10/26)
  The Hogg Foundation offers scholarships to help the state's shortage of bilingual mental health workers.
  

• Malawi health workers grapple with rising incidence of rape - CMAJ, Canada. (10/22)
  Malawi has a a doctor-patient ratio of 1 to 100,000.
  

• LIBRARY: Prenatal education vital - Daily Herald-Tribune, Canada. (10/24)
  there should be a more frequent and structured learning process for future moms and dads.
  

EUROPE

• Time to deliver hospital's midwife-led maternity unit - Belfast Telegraph, UK. (10/26)
  The chronic shortage of midwives has been public knowledge since 2008.
  

• Health staff told to 'set example' for swine flu jab - London Evening Standard, UK. (10/26)
  Health staff is encourage to get vaccinated against swine flu.
  

• Maternal mortality across the world - BBC News, UK. (10/26)
  65% of the staff at Hamlin hospital are long term sufferers of fistula.
  

• Nurses from Spain and Portugal arrive to work at Norfolk hospital - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK. (10/23)
  Queen Elizabeth Hospital has recruited nurses from overseas to solve staff shortage.
  

• A healthy approach to migration (Letter) - European Voice.com. (10/22)
  Healthcare is a particular case in which migration poses serious problems for the developing world.
  

• The suffering of physicians - The Lancet, UK. (10/24)
  Evidence in recent years suggests that physicians also suffer from the dehumanisation of modern medicine.
  

• Un projet-pilote pour lutter contre la pénurie de personnel dans le secteur de la santé - RBJ.ch. (10/27)
  si rien n’est entrepris, il manquera 25'000 employés dans les domaines de la santé et du social dans 10 ans.
  

• En lutte contre le manque de personnel de la santé - Swissinfo.ch. (10/27)
  Pas assez d'emplois pour les jeunes, pas assez de main d'œuvre dans les hôpitaux et les établissements médico-sociaux.
  

• Medidas para paliar la fuga de profesionales médicos - ABC, Spain. (10/27)
  Se reconocen tensiones debido a la falta de profesionales en el sistema sanitario.
  
  

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN

• MOH to improve Jamaica’s immunization coverage - Go Jamaica.com. (10/22)
  Ministry of Health considers there is a 47 per cent shortage of midwives in the country.
  

• Denuncian escasez de medicinas y personal en el Hospital Bloom - Diario CoLatino, El Salvador. (10/23)
  La carencia de medicamentos del cuadro básico de diferentes especiali-dades limitan el adecuado tratamiento de los pacientes.
  

• Carencia y caos es lo que abunda en el hospital central de Valencia - Entorno Inteligente, Venezuela. (10/25)
  Personal médico del CHET denuncian la falta de suministros y personal.
  

• Un solo médico atiende cien pacientes diarios - El Diario de la Pampa, Argentina. (10/25)
  La falta de personal de salud en el sistema de salud provencial es cada vez más agudo y peligroso para los pacientes.
  

• Governo criará 2 mil vagas para melhorar atendimento - Tribuna do Norte, Brazil. (10/27)
  O motivo é justamente incentivar a formação de novos profissionais nas Regiões Norte, Nordeste e Centro-Oeste do País.
  

• Bairros têm carência de serviços básicos - Hoje Notícias, Brazil. (10/27)
  A falta de estrutura física nos bairros às margens da GO-060, em Goiânia, leva a população local a procurar educação, saúde, transporte e segurança pública em setores vizinhos
  

• "A Tandil le falta mucha inversión en materia de emergencias", dijo De Castro - La Voz de Tandil, Argentina. (10/27)
  ambulancias deterioradas y carencia de médicos .
  

• Gestionan mejoras laborales y salariales para trabajadores de la sanidad - Diario de Madryn, Argentina. (10/27)
  Trabajadores de salud trabajan muchas horas extras por falta de personal.
  
  

• Maternidad ha reducido en 75% la asistencia de partos - Analítica, Venezuela. (10/24)
  no se atienden más de 12 pacientes al día, un cifra ínfima si se recuerda el récord de 120 en un día.
  

News from WHO and partners

• Family Planning Key to Improving Maternal Health, Affirm World Delegates at High-Level Meeting - UNFPA. (10/27)
  More Than 150 Health Ministers meet in Ethiopia to discuss maternal mortality.
  

• Developing capacity in health informatics in a resource poor setting: lessons from Peru - HRH Journal. (10/27)
  The public sectors of developing countries require strengthened capacity in health informatics.
  

• Improving Access to Quality Health Care - AMREF. (10/22)
  ECSA–HC met to discuss ‘Improving Access to Quality Health Care to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals’.