Skill mix and competency

19 May Webinar: Six Years in 60 Minutes: Learning from the HRH2030 Program

Posted at 15:44h in Global, Global Resources, HIV/AIDS, HRIS and health workforce data, Indonesia Resources, Leadership and governance, Malawi Resources, Other resource, Performance and productivity, Senegal Resources, Skill mix and competency, Strengthening Community Health Worker Programs, Videos/Webinars

On March 16, 2021, World Social Work Day, HRH2030 convened a panel of experts to share diverse perspectives on the topic, “Integrating the Health and Social Service Sectors to Achieve Health for All.” ...

02 Dec Presentation: Gender Competency for Family Planning Providers

Posted at 16:09h in Family planning, Gender Competencies (2.3), Global, Global Resources, Presentations, Resources, Skill mix and competency, Videos/Webinars

In her presentation, Gender Competency for Family Planning Providers, gender lead Samantha Law-Wilde gave an overview of our global gender-competency framework family planning service providers....

21 Jul Applying Gender Competency to the HRH2030 Health Worker Life Cycle

Posted at 19:43h in Family planning, Gender Competencies (2.3), Global, Global Resources, Other, Skill mix and competency, Women and gender in health

In global health, gender competency enables health workers to identify how different norms, social constructs, roles, expectations, power differentials, opportunities, and constraints assigned to women, men, girls, and boys may influence behavior and choices. A gender-competent health worker strives to apply the needed knowledge,...

16 Dec Applying a Next-Generation Approach to Comprehensive Planning for Human Resources for Health in Ghana

Posted at 20:07h in Reports, Resources, Skill Mix (2.1), Skill mix and competency

Global estimates reveal a growing disparity between supply and demand of health workers in the coming decade; a disproportion which will be highest in low-and middle-income countries....

16 Dec Improving Human Resource Forecasting for Healthcare Services: Global Implications of a Next-Generation Planning Solution

Posted at 20:02h in Global Resources, Reports, Skill Mix (2.1), Skill mix and competency

Accurately predicting the future supply of and demand for healthcare workers is essential if policymakers are to make smart investments in human resources for health (HRH) and efficiently allocate scarce funds. HRH planning models have become increasingly sophisticated over the past two decades, but...

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...

26 Sep Health Workforce Skills Mix and Economic, Epidemiological, and Demographic (EED) Transitions in LMICs: Analysis and Econometric Modeling

Posted at 18:55h in Global Resources, Reports, Skill Mix (2.1), Skill mix and competency

Global estimates reveal a growing disparity between supply and demand of health workers in the coming decade; a disproportion which will be highest in low-and middle-income countries. What can nations do to prepare for or even offset this imbalance? Can a country’s health workforce...

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...