HRH Global Resource Center July Newsletter

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10 Resources Added This Month

How Labour Intensive is a Doctor-Based Delivery Model for Antiretroviral Treatment (ART)? Evidence from an Observational Study in Siem Reap, Cambodia
Funding for scaling-up antiretroviral treatment (ART) in low-income countries has increased substantially, but the lack of human resources for health (HRH) is increasingly being identified as an important constraint for scaling-up ART. ART is labor intensive. Important reductions in doctor-time per patient can be realized during scaling-up. [from abstract]

Health Workers and Vaccination Coverage in Developing Countries: an Econometric Analysis
Although health workers are needed to do vaccinations, the role of human resources for health as a determinant of vaccination coverage at the population level has not been investigated. Our aim was to test whether health worker density was positively associated with childhood vaccination coverage in developing countries. [from summary]

Working with Faith-Based Organizations to Strengthen Human Resources for Health
This brief discusses Capacity's experience with partnering with faith-based organizations (FBO), the critical role these organizations play in improving Africa's health workforce and some challenges to working with FBOs.

Health Workforce Innovations: a Synthesis of Four Promising Practices
The intent of the promising practices study is to "serve as a practical and much needed resource for governments, partners and donors in promulgating policies and approaches that have successfully mitigated the negative effects of the health workforce crisis." After consultation within USAID, it was decided that the study would focus on promising practices in four African countries: task shifting in Ghana and Uganda, improving retention in Malawi, and increasing recruitment and rapid deployment in Namibia. [from introduction]

World Health Statistics: Core Health Indicators
World health statistics 2007 presents the most recent health statistics for WHO’s 193 Member States. This third edition includes a section with 10 highlights of global health statistics for the past year as well as an expanded set of 50 health statistics. [publisher's description] The section on Health Workforce Statistics gives a breakdown of the total number and density of health care providers by population.

Impact of an In-Built Monitoring System on Family Planning Performance in Rural Bangladesh
This article assesses interventions aimed at improving family planning mechanisms and reviewing the problem-solving processes to build an effective monitoring system of the interventions at the local level of the overall system of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of Bangladesh. [adapted from author]

Metrics and Correlates of Physician Migration from Africa
This study examined the influence of choice of migration metrics on the rankings of African countries that suffered the most physician migration, and investigated the correlates of physician migration. [from abstract]

Call to Action: Ensuring Global Human Resources for Health
This conference aimed to address the global health care workforce shortage, what has been done and what steps are still needed to solve this critical problem. The meeting linked research, policy and action for global human resources for health. [publisher's description] Video and transcripts from both days of the conference are available. Sessions topics include: ensuring an adequate workforce; the role of health care providers, organizations, governments and donors in human resource development; the role of professional organizations; and ethical practices.

Ethical Recruitment of Health Workers
This presentation defines ethical recruitment and outlines the 2003 Commonwealth Code of Practice for International Recruitment of Health Workers including the underlying principles and complementary policy measures.

State of Human Resources for Health in Zambia: Findings from the Public Expenditure Tracking and Quality of Service Delivery Survey, 2005/06
This paper reports the findings of the Public Expenditure Tracking and Quality of Service Delivery survey pertaining to human resources for health in Zambia undertaken to provide quantitative assessment of the state of health service delivery in the country. One component of the survey focused on the management of health personnel, including staff availability, vacancy, absenteeism, and tardiness; staff turnover; staff workload, use of time, and morale; and staff salary and benefits. [from introduction] The accompanying presentation on the findings was prepared for the Human Resources for Health Conference in Zambia.

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