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18 Aug Research to Study Barriers and Enablers of Women’s Leadership in Jordan’s Health Sector

Posted at 15:59h in Activities, Jordan News, Leadership and governance, News, Strengthening HRH in Jordan, Women and Gender in Health News

Women account for more than 50 percent of the health workforce in Jordan; however, women are largely underrepresented at decision-making levels in the health sector. According to the USAID-funded HRH2030 program's review of Ministry of Health statistics, women comprise 55 percent of the ministry’s...

24 Jul Catalyzing Economic Growth and Social Change through the Health and Social Workforce

Posted at 20:29h in HRIS and health workforce data, Leadership and governance, News, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency

There is no question that a fit-for-purpose, fit-to-practice health workforce is a critical component in meeting global health goals. From volunteer community health workers in remote rural villages to doctors and health managers in urban hospitals, the health workforce is the primary link to...

25 Apr Quick Questions with Eric Coulibaly: Strengthening National Malaria Control Programs

Posted at 12:00h in Capacity Building for Malaria, Leadership and governance, Malaria, News, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency

Eric Coulibaly serves as the HRH2030-supported technical advisor for capacity building at the National Malaria Control Program in Niger. April 25 marks World Malaria Day, a time to rally support for eradicating the disease that claims the lives of more than 400,000 people each year....

07 Mar Empowering Health Workers to #BeBoldforChange

Posted at 14:54h in Family planning, Gender Competencies (2.3), News, Skill mix and competency, Women and Gender in Health News

On International Women’s Day 2017, HRH2030 reflects on how to empower health workers to #BeBoldforChange by ensuring provision of gender equitable health services to women and girls. When we think about gender and human resources for health (HRH), we typically think about the challenges women...

23 Feb Three Questions with Joe Ichter: Task Analysis for Productivity and Performance

Posted at 18:29h in Aligning HRH Competencies with Local Health Needs (1.3), Leadership and Management to Advance FP2020 (3.4), News, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency

Joe Ichter is a health systems strengthening expert with over 20 years of experience. He currently works with the Palladium Group as senior technical advisor and leads several productivity and HRIS activities for HRH2030. In many countries, health facility managers allocate service providers based upon the...

27 Jan New Research Reveals Employee Motivation and Retention Factors Working for the MOH

Posted at 19:42h in News, Performance and productivity

On January 19, 2017 the HRH2030 activity in Jordan held an event at the Intercontinental Hotel in Amman to launch a new study examining factors in motivating and retaining health workers within the Jordan Ministry of Health. The launch event was attended by senior...

09 Jan Do We Really Need 39 Million More Health Professionals?

Posted at 11:00h in HIV/AIDS, News, Skill mix and competency

This post originally appeared on Chemonics' blog Connections. During the internship year of my medical training, Peru was affected by a severe El Niño. At that time, millions of people living in the poor peri-urban belt of Lima lacked access to clean water and sanitation...

17 Oct National Health Workforce Accounts: Better Data for Better Decisions

Posted at 12:00h in HRIS and health workforce data, National Health Workforce Accounts (3.3), News

This post originally appeared on Chemonics’ blog Connections. As the human resources director at the Ministry of Health, you know your country has health workforce challenges. You know that certain regions in the country suffer from maldistribution of health workers with challenges for retention in...

22 Jun Three Questions with Hanan Zaidah: Fighting “Brain Drain” in Jordan’s Health Sector

Posted at 12:00h in News, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency, Women and Gender in Health News

This post originally appeared on Chemonics’ blog Connections. Hanan Zaidah is an expert in organizational development and institutional transformation with 20 years of experience. She currently serves as project director for the HRH2030 activity in Jordan. Prior to HRH2030, she worked as organizational development program...

20 Jun The Refugee Crisis Presents a Global Challenge to the Health Workforce

Posted at 12:00h in News, Other, Performance and productivity

This post originally appeared on Chemonics’ blog Connections. “No one is going home soon,” stated the moderator at a recent Society for International Development-Washington panel discussion about the global refugee crisis. This simple observation drives home the reality that governments, aid organizations, and refugees themselves...