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Incorporating Health Workforce Issues into Reproductive Health Advocacy

Feb 28, 2011

Patrick Mugirwa is a program officer with Partners in Population and Development (PPD) Africa Regional Office. PPD is a CapacityPlus associate partner. In February he spent a week at CapacityPlus’s Washington, DC office to plan jointly for upcoming activities.

Please tell us briefly about PPD.
PPD is a southern-run and southern-led intergovernmental alliance established in 1994 to support the implementation of the ICPD Program of Action. In order to invigorate south-south cooperation on the African continent, PPD Africa Regional Office was established in 2007. Read more »

HRH Global Resource Center February Update

Feb 23, 2011

This monthly update from the HRH Global Resource Center provides information on the latest resources, improvements, and news from this digital library devoted to human resources for health. Please contact us with your questions and suggested resources. Read more »

New Paper Released on Technological Solutions to Health Care Challenges

Feb 22, 2011

The United Nations Foundation and Vodafone Foundation Technology Partnership released a new paper, “Health information and health care: The role of technology in unlocking data and wellness,” in collaboration with the mHealth Alliance. The paper includes a chapter coauthored by CapacityPlus’s Dykki Settle. Read more »

Using the HRH Action Framework for Country Progress on the Health Workforce

Feb 14, 2011

The HRH Action Framework (HAF) is designed to help health sector leaders develop and implement strategies that will strengthen the health workforce—from better distribution to improved retention and fewer gaps in skills. Read more »

Uganda Ministry of Health Fosters Gender Equality in the Health Workforce

Feb 8, 2011

Last month, the Uganda Capacity Program and the Ministry of Health conducted a workshop in Jinja, Uganda about the importance of gender equality in human resources policy and planning as well as human resources management. Read more »

New Publication Suggests Global Solutions Apply to North Carolina Workforce Concerns

Feb 3, 2011

CapacityPlus’s David Nelson coauthored an article that appeared in the North Carolina Medical Journal. “Linking challenges, sharing solutions: The global crisis in human resources for health” suggests that strategies for remedying the global health workforce crisis could also be useful in North Carolina. Barbara Stilwell, director of technical leadership at IntraHealth International, is the other coauthor. Read more »

Digital Library on Health Workforce Information Continues Strong Growth

Feb 1, 2011

The HRH Global Resource Center—CapacityPlus’s digital library devoted to human resources for health (HRH) issues in developing countries—has expanded to include over 2,500 resources. It is the largest collection of its kind in the world. Read more »

Tools for Strengthening the Health Workforce

Jan 31, 2011

CapacityPlus has created simple, two-page overviews of selected tools related to the project’s technical expertise in health workforce global leadership, policy and planning, education and training, workforce effectiveness, and evaluation and knowledge-sharing. For more information, please contact us. Read more »

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