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29 Oct Jordan Launches a Four-year Plan to Improve Human Resources for Health

Posted at 14:34h in Jordan News, Leadership and governance, News, Strengthening HRH in Jordan, Women and Gender in Health News

Photo: USAID Director of Population and Family Health Office Daniel Sinclair delivering his speech during the launch National HRH Strategy Launch Event on October 15, 2018. Without a strong and motivated health workforce, Jordan is at risk of reversing progress made in regards to human resources...

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...

10 Oct Untapping the Potential of a ‘New’ Human Resource for Health: the Local Community Leader

Posted at 18:41h in Leadership and Management to Advance FP2020 (3.4), News

This post originally appeared on the Frontline Health Workers Coalition website on October 2, 2018. You can read the entire Exposure story in English here, and in French here! “There is a family of six children who were facing financial difficulties. I approached the husband and talked to...

10 Oct Working Towards Health for All and Sustainable Development Goals in Jordan

Posted at 13:54h in Jordan News, Leadership and governance, Strengthening HRH in Jordan, Women and Gender in Health News

“Having a qualified and trained health workforce is a key factor in Jordan’s distinguished health status,” noted High Health Council Secretary General Dr. Mohammad Tarawneh on March 27, 2018 at the approval of Jordan’s new human resources for health (HRH) strategy. “Through the National...

04 Oct Find the HRH2030 Program at HSR2018!

Posted at 17:32h in Global News, News

HRH2030 is excited to announce its upcoming participation at the 2018 Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Liverpool. Our work will be showcased through four satellite sessions and a poster presentation on the health workforce. Plus, you can visit us at the Chemonics International booth #53 in...

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...

24 Aug Empowering Health Workers to Provide Gender-Competent Family Planning Services

Posted at 16:20h in Family planning, Gender Competencies (2.3), Skill mix and competency, Women and Gender in Health News

This post originally appeared on the Frontline Health Workers Coalition blog. Health workers can be powerful change agents to address equity. We’ve seen frontline workers heroically fight Ebola. We’ve seen them overcome stigma and their own biases to provide quality HIV services. What if we...

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...

21 Aug Join Us! Webinar: Mobilizing Domestic Resources for the HIV Workforce — Estimating investment needs

Posted at 14:44h in HIV/AIDS, HRIS and health workforce data, Making the Case for HIV/AIDS HRH Investment (4.2)

August 28, 2018 | 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. EDT [button size='medium' style='' text='REGISTER' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://hrh2030program.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=48d128c8122945673f7d4e3c3&id=da0f3e4b9c&e=49d0a46978' target='_blank' color='#ffffff' hover_color='#ffffff' border_color='#ffffff' hover_border_color='#ffffff' background_color='#205493' hover_background_color='#ba0c2f' font_style='normal' font_weight='800' text_align='center' margin=''] Sufficient financing of the HIV workforce is critical to achieving 95-95-95 targets and maintaining achievements. To ease health worker...