15 Apr Event Series & Webinar: Optimizing health worker performance to improve health care quality in low- and middle-income countries
The provision of high-quality health care to individuals, families, and communities requires a skilled, motivated, adequately supported, and equipped health workforce. Many low- and middle-income countries, however, face significant deficiencies in both the quantity and quality of their health workforce. Sub-optimal health worker performance creates challenges to national and global efforts to achieve Universal Health Coverage and Sustainable Development Goals. Numerous strategies exist to support improvements in health worker performance, but it can be difficult to make evidence-based decisions on which strategies to use in which settings.
On April 9th and 10th, 2019 the HRH2030 program hosted an event series and webinar titled “Optimizing Health Worker Performance for Improved Health Care Quality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.” After a featured presentation on the results of the Health Care Provider Performance Review (HCPPR), other high-level health systems stakeholders shared their current efforts, lessons learned, and considered potential opportunities for advancing the agenda for high-quality health services in low- and middle-income countries.
Day 1 and 2 featured presentation by Alexander Rowe (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Day 1/ April 9 event in Crystal City (Arlington, VA)
Presenters (in order of appearance):
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- Welcome: Wanda Jaskiewicz, HRH2030 | Chemonics
- Opening remarks: Lisa Maniscalco, USAID/Washington
- Alex Rowe, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rachel Deussom, HRH2030 | Chemonics
- Kathleen Hill, Maternal and Child Survival Program | Jhpiego
- Luigi Nuñez, Population Services International
- Dominique Zwinkels, People That Deliver | Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management, Chemonics
- Discussion moderator: Rachel Marcus, USAID/Washington
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Associated content:
Webinar recording (3:45)
Day 2/ April 10 event in Foggy Bottom (Washington, DC)
Presenters (in order of appearance):
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- Welcome: Wanda Jaskiewicz, HRH2030 | Chemonics
- Opening remarks: Lisa Maniscalco, USAID/Washington
- Alex Rowe, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rachel Deussom, HRH2030 | Chemonics
- Edson Araujo, The World Bank Group
- Jeff Markuns, Primary Health Care Performance Initiative
- Kathleen Hill, Maternal and Child Survival Program | Jhpiego
- Peter Graves, BroadReach
- Discussion moderator: Eric Sarriot, Save the Children
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Additional resources from the event:
- High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution – Lancet Global Health
- Delivering quality health services: a global imperative for universal health coverage – Joint report by the World Health Organization, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Bank
- Crossing the global quality chasm: improving health care worldwide – The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine
Country: Global
Resource Type: Presentations; Video/Webinar
Topic: Health Workforce Performance and Productivity
