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  • As the COVID-19 crisis continues to put a strain on countries’ health systems, obtaining accurate information about the health workforce is necessary for an effective, data-driven pandemic response as well as maintaining quality, essential services. In many Pacific Island countries, incomplete data collection and the low capacity of human resource managers can hinder the health systems’ response to crises, like COVID-19, and delivering routine health care provision.

    03 August, 2021

  • In Jakarta, Indonesia’s bustling capital city, Dr. Ani Ruspitawati’s office oversees more than 5,500 health facilities — known locally as Puskesmas — which serve a population of 10 million people.

    29 July, 2021

  • In this two-part series, we call for country leaders to consider whether they are optimizing their health workforce and offer some resources and tools to help ensure uninterrupted care and continued provision of high-quality health services. In Part 1, we provided three recommendations to support health workers in the short term. We now consider sustainable investments to bolster the health workforce of the future and improve health systems in the longer term. We recommend that country leaders 1) train youth for careers in health, 2) invest in information systems and data capabilities, and 3) create a supportive environment for health workers.

    28 July, 2021

  • In this two-part series, we call for country leaders to consider whether they are sufficiently optimizing their health workforce to respond to the pandemic and to contribute to longer-term health system resilience. We offer resources and tools to help leaders ensure uninterrupted care and continued provision of high-quality health services. We provide six key recommendations split between the two parts: In Part 1 we consider the following short-term approaches— 1) employ and expand task sharing, 2) professionalize and fully engage community health workers (CHWs), and 3) expand digital health learning and mobile applications; and in Part 2 we share approaches for sustainable investment to optimize the health workforce and strengthen the health system in the longer term.

    26 July, 2021

  • Malaria surveillance—identifying where transmission is occurring to best pinpoint targeted responses to eliminate infections—is crucial to malaria prevention, control, and elimination. The Togolese National Malaria Control Program (NMCP), which has a high level of expertise in malaria sentinel site surveillance, welcomed a delegation from Chad’s NMCP earlier this year, to share best practices in establishing surveillance sites and optimizing the sites’ data for a more effective national malaria response.

    21 July, 2021

  • As Malawi nears HIV epidemic control, standardizing the roles and responsibilities for health care workers at the community and facility levels is a key step in maximizing the country’s HIV efforts. This month, PEPFAR Malawi, jointly with the CDC, USAID, and HRH2030 Malawi, hosted a two-day workshop with PEPFAR’s community-based and facility-based partners to kick start the lay cadre standardization process, which ultimately will improve efficiencies among PEPFAR implementing partners and provide a pathway to formally transition most of these key lay cadres to the Government of Malawi’s health system in the future.

    06 July, 2021

  • With USAID’s emphasis on equity, quality, and resource optimization as critical outcomes for health systems, along with local and world events that continue to illustrate glaring inequities within the global community, the HRH2030 global team has been analyzing our six years of work through these lenses. This month’s newsletter contains stories that reflect each of these principles.

    06 July, 2021

  • The Human Resources for Health in 2030 (HRH2030) Mali program, funded by USAID Mali from January 2018 to December 2020, provided technical assistance directly to the Ministry of Health and Social Development (MHSD) to strengthen human resources management for the health workforce and improve the quality of care and services throughout the health system. HRH2030 published the program’s final report in March 2021. This article summarizes the key achievements stated in the report.

    02 July, 2021

  • With the launch of its National One Health Platform in February, Côte d’Ivoire marks a milestone in its progress on the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), and realized a long-term goal made possible through a coordinated effort led by the Prime Minister’s office and several key ministries, including the Animal Resources and Fisheries, Agriculture, Health, Environment, and the Emergency Operations Center (EOC).

    15 June, 2021