November 2019: Improving Health Workforce Competencies Dear Colleagues, In the global health community, and as advocates for investing in the health workforce, we are often reminded of the shortfall of 18 million health workers awaiting us by 2030—just 10 years away. It’s a scary thought. What...
HRH2030 Project Director Wanda Jaskiewicz has more than 20 years of experience in international health and development with a focus on human resources for health, HIV/AIDS, family planning, reproductive health, and maternal and child health. She has worked in more than 25 countries providing...
On October 25, the Philippine Department of Health launched an e-learning platform, developed in partnership with USAID/Philippines and USAID’s HRH2030 program....
Tanzania decided to proactively organize the simulation as part of a One Health approach to evaluate emergency preparedness by testing the functionality and readiness of existing outbreak protocols. So, how can development practitioners assist countries to create comprehensive emergency preparedness plans?...
Global Fund Tuberculosis (TB) grants, including support in filling key gaps in human resources, have played a major role in contributing to the Philippine’s ambitious TB goals....
In her opening remarks at the launch ceremony for the development of the National Human Resources Development Plan for the Health and Social Action (PNDRHS 2019-2028) in June, the Deputy Director of USAID/Senegal’s Health Team, Ramatoulaye Dioum Guisse, explained: “The goal of the PNDRHS is...
The HRH2030 Colombia team has been recognized a winner in the USAID 2019 Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) Case Competition....
October 2019: Transforming Health Education Dear Colleagues, We are smart enough to predict things that will happen, so why can’t we be smarter about taking action today? This sums up one of my favorite tweets issued around the United Nation’s first-ever High-Level Meeting on Universal Health...
Rural women’s groups in Mali are proving that community health systems get stronger when national-level interventions are paired with community-level capacity building to make communities self-reliant....
Around the world, gender norms influence the ability of couples and families to meet their family planning needs. HRH2030 developed the competency framework and technical brief to help service providers better understand what ‘gender sensitive communication’ really means and how to practice gender awareness....