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30 Oct Materials from the 2019 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit

Posted at 14:45h in Employing Positive Youth Development Approaches (2.4), Global Resources, Indonesia, Indonesia Resources, Other resource, Presentations, Skill mix and competency

On October 4, 2019, HRH2030 attended the 2019 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit, collaborating with Johnson & Jonson to present a session, Identifying Win-win Partnerships for Youth Employment in Health: Experiences linking the future health workforce, educators, and employers....

15 Oct E-Learning Platform Addresses Health Worker Competencies throughout the Philippines

Posted at 15:27h in Improving Access to Quality Health Services in the Philippines, Other resource, Performance and productivity, Philippines, Philippines Resources, Skill mix and competency

“The Philippines just passed the Universal Health Care Act in February 2019, so now is a perfect time for the country to elevate the training of human resources for health beyond merely producing adequate numbers of practitioners,” says Dr. Marilyn Lorenzo, HRH2030 Philippines Project...

23 Jul Health Workforce Assessment in Jakarta for Effective HIV Policy Implementation: Challenges and Opportunities toward Epidemic Control

Posted at 16:15h in Aligning HRH Competencies with Local Health Needs (1.3), HIV/AIDS, Indonesia HIV-HRH Assessment, Indonesia Resources, Other resource, Productivity and Performance (1.1)

This article was originally published in the Jurnal Ekonomi Kesehatan Indonesia, Vol 3, No 2 (2018) Of Indonesia’s estimated 631,635 people living with HIV in 2018, only 12 percent are on treatment. Strategic efforts are needed in Indonesia to implement the recently released HIV “Test...

30 May How It All Comes Together — Health workforce strengthening in the Philippines for Stronger TB and FP services

Posted at 15:47h in Family planning, HRIS and health workforce data, Improving Access to Quality Health Services in the Philippines, Leadership and governance, Other resource, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency

[caption id="attachment_34087" align="alignright" width="586"] Click to enlarge the Philippines Activity Conceptual Framework[/caption] In recent years, the Government of the Philippines has made landmark decisions to strengthen its health system. In 2012, the nation issued the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Law to guarantee universal access to...

04 Feb Infographic: Back to Basics — The Botswana Experience with Community-Led Improvement to Achieve HIV Epidemic Control

Posted at 17:22h in Botswana Resources, HIV/AIDS, Other resource, Performance and productivity, Supporting HIV/AIDS Epidemic Control in Botswana

Botswana was one of the first countries in Africa to make HIV treatment available within its public health sector. According to UNAIDS, in 2017 84 percent of people living with HIV were accessing treatment. However, Botswana is still one of the countries most affected...

26 Sep Building the Future Health Workforce 2030: Opportunities for Youth Employment in Health

Posted at 17:20h in Analyzing Health Labor Markets, Employing Positive Youth Development Approaches (2.4), Other resource, Performance and productivity, Resources

There are 71 million unemployed youth in the world, while WHO’s Global Human Resources for Health (HRH) Strategy: Workforce 2030 estimates that 40 million new health jobs will be created by 2030. How can health employers adapt positive youth development approaches to build and...

26 Jul Poster: Communities in the Lead — The Botswana Experience with Community-Led Improvement to Achieve HIV Epidemic Control

Posted at 12:00h in Botswana Resources, HIV/AIDS, Other resource, Supporting HIV/AIDS Epidemic Control in Botswana

Botswana, as one of the countries most affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic, was among the first to embrace community-centered primary health in the late 1970s. However, despite noteworthy progress in reducing HIV-related mortality and morbidity owing to the spirited antiretroviral therapy (ART) program launched...

24 Jul Poster: Developing a Standardized Tool for Data Use and Decision-Making to Estimate the HRH Requirements for Implementing Differentiated Care for HIV in High-Burden Settings

Posted at 12:00h in Global Resources, HIV/AIDS, HRIS and health workforce data, Method for Standardized Use of Site-Level HRH Data (1.6), Other resource, Performance and productivity

In partnership with USAID through PEPFAR, HRH2030 has developed a simple, standardized, client-centered tool to help program managers maximize the use of their health workforce for the rollout of “Test and Start” utilizing differentiated service delivery (DSD) models. The tool allows for task shifting/sharing,...

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

Posted at 12:00h in Global Resources, HIV/AIDS, HRIS and health workforce data, Method for Standardized Use of Site-Level HRH Data (1.6), Other resource, Performance and productivity, Uganda Resources

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....