Activities

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

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...

25 Jun Toolkit: Optimizing Health Worker Performance and Productivity to Achieve the 95-95-95 Targets

Posted at 15:33h in Global Resources, HIV/AIDS, Performance and productivity, Productivity and Performance (1.1), Tools

To achieve 95-95-95 targets, facilities and other HIV service delivery points (e.g., communities) will need to provide efficient and effective services to ensure that people living with HIV know their status, receive and sustain antiretroviral therapy, and achieve viral suppression by 2030. A key...

19 Jun HRH2030, Partners Launch Bylaw for Health Professional License Renewal in Jordan

Posted at 21:23h in Jordan News, Leadership and governance, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency, Strengthening HRH in Jordan, Women and Gender in Health News

On May 9, 2018, HRH2030 joined government officials and healthcare professionals to launch the health professional relicensure bylaw. The bylaw, drafted with technical and operational support from HRH2030, requires healthcare professionals to renew their licenses on the basis of continuing education in order to...

14 Jun Generating Evidence for Staffing Decisions at the Jordan Ministry of Health

Posted at 18:55h in HRIS and health workforce data, Jordan News, Strengthening HRH in Jordan, Women and Gender in Health News

The Jordan Ministry of Health spends more than 45 percent of its general budget on salaries and benefits for more than 30,000 people. Still, a lack of data to identify staffing needs and make appropriate staffing decisions often creates inefficiencies. To overcome the data gap,...

31 May USAID/Philippines, Department of Health Host Special Event to Launch HRH2030 Activity

Posted at 12:01h in Family planning, HRIS and health workforce data, Improving Access to Quality Health Services in the Philippines, Leadership and governance, News, Performance and productivity, Philippines News, Skill mix and competency

With officials from the Department of Health, local government representatives, and stakeholders from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, HRH2030 celebrated the launch of its new Philippines activity on May 29 with an event entitled, “Investing in the Health Workforce Saves Lives.” USAID/Philippines Director Lawrence Hardy...

17 May HRH2030 Launches New Activity to Expand Access to Quality Health Services in the Philippines

Posted at 06:37h in HRIS and health workforce data, Improving Access to Quality Health Services in the Philippines, Leadership and governance, News, Performance and productivity, Philippines News, Skill mix and competency

The USAID HRH2030 program announces the start of a new collaboration with the Philippines Department of Health to strengthen the country’s health workforce. The launch of HRH2030 comes at a critical time as current imbalances in the development and distribution of health workers pose challenges...