Leadership and governance

24 Jun Women Leaders in Health Forum Strategy 2019-2022

Posted at 10:02h in Jordan Resources, Leadership and governance, Performance and productivity, Reports, Skill mix and competency, Strengthening HRH in Jordan, Women and gender in health

Empowering women to advance in healthcare leadership promotes a better response to the health needs of an entire population. HRH2030’s research into women’s leadership roles in Jordan’s health sector brought forth several recommendations including the establishment of a women’s health leadership network—what became the...

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...

23 May WHO Community Health Worker Guideline Recommendations Using HRH2030’s Life Cycle Approach

Posted at 13:16h in Community health workers, Global Resources, HRIS and health workforce data, Leadership and governance, Other, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency, Strengthening Community Health Worker Programs

Community health workers play a big role many countries’ overall health status, which is one of the reasons why the WHO guideline on health policy and system support to optimize community health worker programmes was heralded when it was released on October 2018. The...

22 Apr The Health Sector: A Key Contributor to Women’s Economic and Social Empowerment and Prospering Families and Communities

Posted at 13:49h in Advancing Malawi's Health Workforce, Global Resources, Leadership and governance, Malawi Resources, Presentations, Resources, Videos/Webinars, Women and gender in health, Women in Leadership (3.7)

When women are economically empowered, they re-invest in their families and communities. This creates a ripple effect, increasing economic growth and contributing to global peace and stability. No other sector employs more women than health— 70 percent of the health workforce is made up...

09 Apr Videos: Local Perspectives from 5 Health Workers on the Philippines Health System

Posted at 03:21h in Family planning, Global Resources, Improving Access to Quality Health Services in the Philippines, Leadership and governance, Performance and productivity, Philippines, Philippines Resources, Skill mix and competency, Videos/Webinars

As HRH2030 observed World Health Worker Week in April 2019, the USAID-funded HRH2030 activity in the Philippines joined partners around the world to commemorate health workers through the theme: “Health Workers at the Heart of Health for All.” This celebration came on the heels...

31 Jul Evidence-based Interventions to Promote Women in Health Management in Jordan (Video)

Posted at 23:34h in Jordan Resources, Leadership and governance, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency, Strengthening HRH in Jordan, Videos/Webinars, Women and gender in health

Video (June 25, 2018, short/2:35, long/6:17): On June 25, HRH2030 facilitated a national event in Jordan to promote women’s leadership in the health sector. At the event, HRH2030 disseminated its recent research on “Barriers and Enablers of Women’s Career Progression to Management Positions in...

27 Jun Evidence-based Interventions to Promote Women in Health Management in Jordan

Posted at 03:33h in Jordan Resources, Leadership and governance, Performance and productivity, Reports, Skill mix and competency, Strengthening HRH in Jordan, Women and gender in health

To best strategize ways to reduce gender inequalities in Jordan’s public and private health sectors and to promote qualified women into the decision-making sphere, stakeholders, including government and health institutions, need to understand the barriers and enablers to women’s career advancement to management positions...

26 Jun Health Worker Life Cycle: A health worker-centered approach to the health labor market framework

Posted at 17:04h in Global Resources, HRIS and health workforce data, Leadership and governance, Other, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency

To frame the work of our country programs, HRH2030 created the Health Worker Life Cycle Approach. While drawing inspiration from the Sousa et al. Health Labor Market Framework (which informed the World Health Organization’s Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health), this life cycle...

26 Jun Voices from the Field: Supporting health workers throughout the human resources for health life cycle

Posted at 15:38h in Global Resources, HRIS and health workforce data, Jordan Resources, Leadership and governance, Malawi Resources, Mali Resources, Performance and productivity, Senegal Resources, Skill mix and competency, Videos/Webinars

Video (June 7, 2018, 115 min): On June 7, 2018 HRH2030 hosted an event entitled “Voices from the Field” to discuss how HRH2030 supports health workers throughout the human resources for health life cycle to ensure that they have the skills, motivation, resources, and opportunities...

05 Sep Webinar: Health Labor Market Analysis — An approach for informing strategic investments in the health workforce

Posted at 12:00h in Analyzing Health Labor Markets, Global Resources, HRIS and health workforce data, Leadership and governance, Malawi Resources, Videos/Webinars

Webinar (September 5, 2017, 58 min): Why do low- and middle- income countries face health worker shortages? Can they afford to hire more health workers in the future? Can they use the existing workforce more efficiently? How can leaders increase health workers’ motivation —...