Newsletter Archive
HRH Global Resource Center September Newsletter
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- The GRC has launched a new eLearning course, the eLearning Boot Camp. This course was designed by Rebecca Rhodes and Sara Suiter of the GRC team for staff who want to learn more about the basics of eLearning, create an eLearning course for the GRC, or to develop an eLearning program for their office. The course is open to the public, but as with all of the GRC’s free eLearning courses, you will need to create a user account in order to take it.
- The GRC has published the latest in its HRH Leaders in Action Interview series, an Interview with Dr. Rishi Desai, the Medical Partnerships Lead at Khan Academy.
- Based on the GRC's eLearning course, iHRIS Administrator: Level 1, the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania has created an "iHRIS Academy." See the CapacityPlus article for more details of the program.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 3,910 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center August Newsletter
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- With the generous permission of the authors, the GRC is now hosting its first resource from Lurio University in Mozambique, “One Student, One Family Program: Health Sciences Fostering Communities and Professionals.”
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 3,876 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center July Newsletter
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- The GRC's eLearning course, An Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation of Human Resources for Health now has over 1,000 registered users, making it one of the most active HRH courses online.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 3,819 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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- 855 reads
HRH Global Resource Center June Newsletter
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- The GRC has published a new HRH Leaders in Action Interview with David Canther, the Executive Director of Global Rapid Rescue Relief.
- The GRC has launched Administrateur iHRIS, Niveau 1, a French version of the iHRIS Administrator - Level I course that has almost 700 registered learners.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 3,755 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center May Newsletter
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- The GRC is proud to announce two new HRH Leaders in Action Interviews with Dr. Mubashar Sheikh from GHWA and Shiv Mathur from AAAH.
- The GRC is now hosting a new eLearning course developed by Capacity Kenya, Human Resource Management is being dynamically developed and covers HRM in the Kenyan health care context. If you have not yet taken a GRC eLearning course, you will need to create a free account to access the course.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 3,658 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center April Newsletter
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- The GRC has launched a new Special Collections feature that enables collaboration with projects, organizations and groups working in the field of HRH to provide access to front-line HRH documents and tools. There are two collections available.
- The Directorate General of Human Resources for Health Development (DGHRD) of the Federal Ministry of Sudan is now partnering with the GRC on a DGHRD Special Collection to host the agency’s materials that otherwise would not be available online.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 3,611 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center March Newsletter
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- The Slovak Republic and Korea have been added to the geographic focus area.
- The GRC has created a new document for global health universities that provides information about partnering with the GRC.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 3,592 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center February Newsletter
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- The GRC has published iHRIS Administrador Nivel 1, a Spanish version of the "iHRIS Administrator - Level I" eLearning course that has over 600 registered learners.
- The Federal Ministry of Health in Sudan's Directorate General of HRH Development has granted the GRC permission to host a new publication, Building Bridges to Sustainable Human Resources for Health Development: Annual Report 2012.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 3,518 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center January Newsletter
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- The GRC has added two new features: "Health Workers on YouTube," which provides access to videos about HRH issues; and "Health Workers on Twitter," a dynamically updated feed of trending information about health workers. Both blocks are located on the left sidebar of the site on all pages other than the homepage.
- News articles this month include:
- Increase in Skilled Midwives in Afghanistan Leads to More Women Surviving Childbirth
- Human Resources Collaborative: Improving Maternal and Child Care in Niger
- The GRC currently has 3,469 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
Resource Spotlights include:
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HRH Global Resource Center December Newsletter
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- The GRC has launched a new Stay Informed page that outlines the options and tools the site offers to keep you up to date on HRH resources and information the GRC produces each month.
- The GRC's new eLearning course, Designing Evidence-Based Incentives to Attract and Retain Health Workers Using the Rapid Retention Survey Toolkit, is now available. This free online course trains participants on how to use a rapid discrete choice experiment methodology to design evidence-based incentives to attract and retain health workers in rural and remote areas. If you have not yet taken a GRC eLearning course, you will need to create a free account to access the course.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 3,447 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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- 797 reads
HRH Global Resource Center November Newsletter
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- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 3,408 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center October Newsletter
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- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- Health Policy Toolkit
- Labour Market for Human Resources for Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- Effect of UK Policy on Medical Migration: A Time Series Analysis of Physician Registration Data
- Health Workforce Governance and Leadership Capacity in the African Region: HRH Units in Ministries of Health
- The GRC currently has 3,366 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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- 1036 reads
HRH Global Resource Center September Newsletter
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- Supply Chain has been added as a new subject category in the GRC. This section focuses on issues related to the supply chain workforce including the CapacityPlus publication, Achieving Excellence in the Supply Chain Workforce: The People that Deliver Global Partnership.
- The GRC has replaced the “Workplace Issues” subject category with Occupational Health & Safety, which now contains additional resources on this important topic.
- Burundi has been added to the geographic focus category.
- As part of its interview series, the GRC published: HRH Policy Advocacy Leaders in Action Interview: Andrew Barrer with the External Affairs Advisor for the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth, who shares his experiences in policy advocacy for newborn health.
- News articles this month:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 3,305 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center August Newsletter
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- As part of the its interview series, the GRC published: HRH Policy Advocacy Leaders in Action Interview: Betsy McCallon with the Deputy Executive Director of the White Ribbon Alliance, who shares her experiences in policy advocacy for global health.
- The GRC would like to congratulate the 13 newly certified iHRIS Administrators from the University of Dar es Salaam who took the GRC's iHRIS Administrator Level 1 final exam as part of the University's Software Freedom Day, sponsored by Dr. Juma Lungo.
- News articles this month:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 3,206 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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- 1090 reads
HRH Global Resource Center July Newsletter
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- As part of its interview series, the GRC published HRH Policy Advocacy Leaders in Action Interview: Crystal Lander with the Director of Policy and Advocacy at MSH, who shares her experiences in global health and international development.
- The GRC has launched a new eLearning course An Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation of Human Resources for Health, which provides a basic introduction to monitoring and evaluation concepts and how they apply to the field of human resources for health to inform evidence-based planning and decision-making.
- In addition, the GRC has also released Fondations de l’égalité des genres au sein du personnel de santé, a French language version of Foundations of Gender Equality in the Health Workforce that was released in the spring.
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- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 3,187 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center June Newsletter
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- The GRC's eLearning platform now has 639 registered learners from 92 countries.
- eHealth & mHealth has been added to the GRC's subject collection.
- The GRC published two interviews as part of the new interview series: HRH Policy Advocacy Leaders in Action Interview: Jeff Meer who shares insights from his work to build the Public Health Institute's practice in global health advocacy; and HRH Policy Advocacy Leaders in Action Interview: Donna Barry who talks about Partner's in Health’s advocacy and policy efforts in research teams and in the field.
- Qatar has been added to the geographic focus areas.
- News articles this month:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 3,151 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center May Newsletter
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- The GRC has launched a new eLearning course: Foundations of Gender Equality in the Health Workforce, which introduces the basic concepts, issues and standards related to gender equality in the health workforce.
- The GRC published the third of its new interview series: HRH Policy Advocacy Leaders in Action Interview: Lisa Bos, who talks about her work in advocacy related to global health programs, education programs and appropriations.
- News articles this month:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 3,112 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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- 1061 reads
HRH Global Resource Center April Newsletter
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- The GRC published the second of its new interview series: HRH Policy Advocacy Leaders in Action Interview with Marshall Stowell, the Director of Corporate Marketing, Communications and Advocacy for PSI, who shares his insights on policy advocacy in global health.
- News articles this month:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 3,096 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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- 1322 reads
HRH Global Resource Center March Newsletter
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- The GRC has launched a policy advocacy collection on health workforce issues including:
- a Policy Advocacy Subject Guide
- a new interview series as part of the GRC's HRH Leaders in Action Interviews with the inaugural HRH Policy Advocacy Leaders in Action Interview with Mary Beth Powers
- an expanded collection of policy and advocacy materials in the GRC collection.
- News articles this month:
- Monitoring the Progress of Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel
- HRH Global Resource Center Launches Health Worker Policy Advocacy Collection
- 7th International Nurse Practitioner - Advanced Nursing Practice Nursing Network Conference
- eHealth Africa Conference 2012
- Resource Spotlights:
- The GRC currently has 3,053 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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- 1591 reads
HRH Global Resource Center February Newsletter
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- The GRC collection has reached more than 3,000 resources. CapacityPlus has posted a blog featuring reflections on this milestone.
- News articles this month include:
- 4th Annual Virtual International Day of the Midwife
- 39th Annual International Conference on Global Health: Setting Priorities and Finding Linkages
- Grant for Task Shifting for Improvement of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Services
- International Conference on Health Informatics
- Launch of the Frontline Health Workers Coalition
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 3,032 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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- 1516 reads