Performance and productivity

19 Mar Tres preguntas con Juan Barco: Atendiendo las necesidades de niños y niñas en adversidad en Colombia

Posted at 13:00h in Colombia, Colombia News, Leadership and governance, News, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency, Strengthening the Social Service Workforce in Colombia

Juan Barco es el Director de Proyecto para nuestra actividad en Colombia. Juan es experto en política social y tiene experiencia trabajando en la implementación y evaluación de políticas nacionales de superación de pobreza extrema, y proyectos de emprendimiento junto a comunidades afrodescendientes, indígenas,...

12 Mar USAID-funded HRH2030 Program Introduces Workload Indicators of Staffing Need in the Philippines

Posted at 10:15h 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

On February 20, 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Universal Health Care Act in the Philippines. A milestone legislation for the nation, the law aims to address a myriad of health system challenges, including shortages of qualified health professionals, health human resource distribution imbalances,...

05 Mar Bringing the Meds Home: Botswana Debuts the Community Medication Refill Initiative

Posted at 22:28h in Botswana News, HIV/AIDS, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency, Supporting HIV/AIDS Epidemic Control in Botswana

As part of its strategy, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) approach for achieving epidemic control includes community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) services—the provision of medicine to stable HIV patients outside of a health facility. In many countries, this approach has shown...

05 Mar IWD 2019: Our Thanks to Women, Global Health Changemakers

Posted at 21:08h in Global News, Leadership and governance, News, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency, Women and Gender in Health News

Worldwide, the need for health workers is ever-growing. Who meets the demand, even filling gaps where insufficient health systems cannot? Women. The World Health Organization estimates that of the 200 million working to contribute to the health and social sectors, 70 percent are women....

30 Oct Three Questions with Dintle Molosiwa: A Perspective on Utilizing Communities in Botswana to Achieve Health for All

Posted at 14:51h in Botswana News, HIV/AIDS, News, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency, Supporting HIV/AIDS Epidemic Control in Botswana

Dr. Dintle Molosiwa joins HRH2030 as the new project director for our Botswana activity. Prior to joining Chemonics, Dintle worked as a health management and financing consultant at University Research Co. Additionally, Dintle has worked at the Botswana Ministry of Health in the Department of...

15 Oct Three Questions with Dr. Matar Camara: A public health specialist with a vision

Posted at 09:30h in Advancing Global Health Security in Senegal, HRIS and health workforce data, Leadership and governance, News, Performance and productivity, Senegal News, Skill mix and competency

Dr. Matar Camara joins HRH2030 as the new project director for our Senegal activity. For fifteen years, Matar served as the principal technical specialist for USAID/Senegal in health system strengthening including health policy development, health system decentralization, and health care financing components. Prior to...

28 Sep Three Questions with Balla Kandeh: On the Road to Eliminating Malaria in The Gambia

Posted at 15:58h in Capacity Building for Malaria, Leadership and governance, Malaria, News, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency

Balla Kandeh is the program manager for the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) in The Gambia. As a public health specialist and entomologist, he has more than 25 years of experience with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare across various regions and districts...

25 Sep Three Questions with Elizabeth McGehee: Ready to Take the Sting Out of Malaria’s Bite

Posted at 02:08h in Capacity Building for Malaria, Global News, Leadership and governance, Malaria, News, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency

Elizabeth (Liz) McGehee joins HRH2030 as the new project management unit director for the Capacity Building for Malaria (CBM) activity. Liz is a public health specialist with seven years of experience working on USAID-funded programs with Chemonics. Liz received her master’s degree in public...

21 Aug Defining the Call of Duty for Health Workers: In Senegal, job descriptions go beyond a piece of paper

Posted at 16:20h in Advancing Global Health Security in Senegal, Performance and productivity, Senegal News, Skill mix and competency

Nene Sory Binda Ba is a nurse in Dakar, Senegal. When she arrives at Grand Yoff General Hospital, she understands where to go, who to report to, and the services to provide to patients in need. Working alongside Nene are passionate colleagues who also...

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...