July 2018

31 Jul Evidence-based Interventions to Promote Women in Health Management in Jordan (Video)

Posted at 23:34h in Jordan Resources, Leadership and governance, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency, Strengthening HRH in Jordan, Videos/Webinars, Women and gender in health

Video (June 25, 2018, short/2:35, long/6:17): On June 25, HRH2030 facilitated a national event in Jordan to promote women’s leadership in the health sector. At the event, HRH2030 disseminated its recent research on “Barriers and Enablers of Women’s Career Progression to Management Positions in...

31 Jul Generating Evidence for Investment in the HIV Workforce: Methodological Manual

Posted at 18:47h in Global Resources, HIV/AIDS, HRIS and health workforce data, Making the Case for HIV/AIDS HRH Investment (4.2), Tools

As countries scale up access to HIV services, they will need to consider how to overcome human resources for health (HRH) constraints — including competing demands for health workers’ time — and to secure adequate, predictable funding for the HIV workforce. Ministries of health...

31 Jul Case for Investment in the Health Workforce to Achieve HIV Goals: Lessons Learned from Uganda

Posted at 18:45h in HIV/AIDS, HRIS and health workforce data, Making the Case for HIV/AIDS HRH Investment (4.2), Reports, Uganda Resources

While Uganda is on track to meet 90-90-90 targets by 2020, the country faces several human resources for health (HRH) and financing constraints to scaling-up HIV services. Some of the health workforce challenges include inadequate skills mix, maldistribution, and a 36 percent vacancy rate...

26 Jul Poster: Communities in the Lead — The Botswana Experience with Community-Led Improvement to Achieve HIV Epidemic Control

Posted at 12:00h in Botswana Resources, HIV/AIDS, Other resource, Supporting HIV/AIDS Epidemic Control in Botswana

Botswana, as one of the countries most affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, was among the first to embrace community-centered primary health in the late 1970s. However, despite noteworthy progress in reducing HIV-related mortality and morbidity owing to the spirited antiretroviral therapy (ART) program launched...

25 Jul Webinar: Optimizing Health Worker Performance and Productivity to Achieve the 95-95-95 Targets

Posted at 17:48h in Global Resources, HIV/AIDS, Nigeria Resources, Performance and productivity, Productivity and Performance (1.1), Tanzania Resources, Videos/Webinars

Webinar (August 2, 2018, 56 min): To achieve 95-95-95 targets for HIV epidemic control, facilities and other HIV service delivery points (e.g., communities) need to provide efficient and effective services to ensure that people living with HIV know their status, receive and sustain antiretroviral...

25 Jul Differentiated Service Delivery: A Key Approach for Key Populations

Posted at 17:30h in HIV/AIDS

This post originally appeared on the Chemonics blog. How can the global health community better reach marginalized HIV-positive populations? A different approach to service delivery and care could help achieve epidemic control around the world. Erin Owens explains. Although the global health community is making great...

25 Jul Technical Brief: Investment Case for the HIV Workforce in Uganda

Posted at 12:15h in Global Resources, HIV/AIDS, Making the Case for HIV/AIDS HRH Investment (4.2), Technical briefs, Uganda Resources

Given anticipated human resources for health (HRH) constraints and the need for greater shared financial responsibility for HIV in an era of HIV scale-up, it is critical to understand government capacity and willingness to increase and maximize the efficiency of investments in HRH for...

24 Jul Poster: Developing a Standardized Tool for Data Use and Decision-Making to Estimate the HRH Requirements for Implementing Differentiated Care for HIV in High-Burden Settings

Posted at 12:00h in Global Resources, HIV/AIDS, HRIS and health workforce data, Method for Standardized Use of Site-Level HRH Data (1.6), Other resource, Performance and productivity

In partnership with USAID through PEPFAR, HRH2030 has developed a simple, standardized, client-centered tool to help program managers maximize the use of their health workforce for the rollout of “Test and Start” utilizing differentiated service delivery (DSD) models. The tool allows for task shifting/sharing,...

24 Jul Poster: Task-shifting and Sharing Practices During Implementation of Differentiated Care for HIV Service Delivery — Experiences from Uganda

Posted at 12:00h in Global Resources, HIV/AIDS, HRIS and health workforce data, Method for Standardized Use of Site-Level HRH Data (1.6), Other resource, Performance and productivity, Uganda Resources

The adoption of “Test and Start” to accelerate the achievement of the 95-95-95 goals has increased the number of clients on antiretroviral therapy (ART). In many high HIV burden countries, this rapid increase requires the adoption of streamlined service delivery approaches to combat potential...

24 Jul Poster: Investing in the HIV Workforce — Government Capacity and Willingness to Increase HRH Spending in Response to Increased Needs for HIV in Uganda

Posted at 12:00h in Global Resources, HIV/AIDS, HRIS and health workforce data, Making the Case for HIV/AIDS HRH Investment (4.2), Other, Other resource, Uganda Resources

While Uganda is on track to meet 90-90-90 targets by 2020, the country faces several human resources for health (HRH) and financing constraints. HRH constraints include inadequate skills mix, maldistribution of health workers, high absenteeism, and a 36 percent vacancy rate in public facilities....