Author: HRH2030

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 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....

20 Jul Three Questions with Kesaobaka Dikgole: Delivering Differently for HIV Clients in Botswana

Posted at 10:55h in Botswana News, HIV/AIDS, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency, Supporting HIV/AIDS Epidemic Control in Botswana

Kesaobaka Dikgole is a senior quality improvement advisor with HRH2030 in Botswana while also serving as a country representative for the University Research Co. (URC). She oversees the technical team to design, test, and evaluate care innovations to improve patient-centered HIV care as part...

19 Jul HRH2030 Shares New Research Findings on Women’s Leadership in Jordan’s Health Sector

Posted at 06:00h in Jordan News, Leadership and governance, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency, Strengthening HRH in Jordan, Women and Gender in Health News

Under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Muna Al-Hussein, HRH2030 facilitated a national event on June 25 to promote women’s leadership in the health sector. Minister of Health, H.E. Prof. Mahmoud Al Sheyyab welcomed close to 250 health and gender stakeholders, noting that...

27 Jun Evidence-based Interventions to Promote Women in Health Management in Jordan

Posted at 03:33h in Jordan Resources, Leadership and governance, Performance and productivity, Reports, Skill mix and competency, Strengthening HRH in Jordan, Women and gender in health

To best strategize ways to reduce gender inequalities in Jordan’s public and private health sectors and to promote qualified women into the decision-making sphere, stakeholders, including government and health institutions, need to understand the barriers and enablers to women’s career advancement to management positions...