Skill mix and competency

30 Oct

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

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

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

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

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

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

Posted at 13:16h in 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...

09 Apr

Posted at 03:21h in Family planning, Global Resources, Improving Access to Quality Health Services in the Philippines, Leadership and governance, Performance and productivity, 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...

20 Sep

Posted at 17:51h in Family planning, Gender Competencies (2.3), Global Resources, Resources, Skill mix and competency, Technical briefs

Around the world, gender norms influence the ability of individuals, couples, and families to meet their desired family planning (FP) needs. Provider bias and power imbalances in client-provider and client-client interactions impact the quality and accessibility of FP reproductive health (RH) service providers who...

18 Sep

Posted at 18:52h in Global Resources, Other, Performance and productivity, Skill mix and competency

Global eLearning Course (September 6, 2018, 120 min, FREE): HRH2030 worked in partnership with USAID and K4Health to produce an updated online course on HRH principles and practices on the Global Health eLearning Center (GHeL). Structured around the WHO Global HRH Strategy: Workforce 2030,...

31 Jul

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

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...