Right Time, Right Place: a call for a new thematic series

HRH journal on March 22, 2013 at 1:44 am - 0 Comments

Human Resources for Health is pleased to announce a new thematic series “Right Time, Right Place: Improving access to health service through effective retention and distribution of health workers.” The aim of this series is to report on new analysis, strategic intelligence, and evidence that is pointing to improvements in retention and distribution of health workers.
The Health Workforce Australia (HWA) is sponsoring a thematic series to provide new insights for practitioners, policy makers and analysts who have a responsibility or interest in what can be done to improve access to health through more effective human resources policies, planning and management.
Authors are invited to contact James Buchan (email: James.Buchan@hwa.gov.au) with any pre-submission outline ideas. …

Human Resources for Health appoints new advisory board

HRH journal on January 13, 2013 at 5:44 pm - 0 Comments

New Human Resources for Health (HRH) advisory board has been appointed as of January 2013, whom we are looking forward to working with on guiding the future development of our journal.
Some members have been helping us promote and improve the quality of research and manuscripts for many years and we thank them for their past contributions, and for renewing their commitment to the service.
Also, we welcome new members who are prominent HRH practitioners, researches and educationalists of health professionals, working in different areas of human resources for health development, but also engaged on several activities on health system strengthening at national and global level:
Alberto Infante (Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Prof Pierre Fournier (University of Montreal), Mohsin …

WHO launches a country assessment tool on the uses and sources for human resources for health (HRH) data

HRH journal on October 23, 2012 at 12:04 am - 0 Comments

There is widespread recognition of the need for accurate, timely and effective human resources for health data to inform the development of policies on human resources for health in countries. However, many low and middle income countries have week information systems that can generate data that could guide the policy dialogue to scale up the health workforce.

To respond to this crisis the World Health Organization has directed its efforts and achievements in leading the global research agenda to support countries to strengthen their Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS). As part of these efforts the Human Resources for Health Unit (HRH), WHO developed the Country Assessment Tool on the sources and uses of HRH data to conduct a diagnosis on the …

The concept of Health Mid-Level cadres is under discussion in the African Region

HRH journal on September 16, 2012 at 11:22 pm - 0 Comments

The WHO-AFRO organized an expert consultation bringing together various multi-stakeholder experts consisting of employers from Ministries of health, regulators who accredit their training and certification to practice, the trainers and other professional bodies, to discuss and develop a document to guide countries on what terminology to use in categorizing a mix of the health workforce in addition to the conventional professional cadres arising from innovative approaches.

Many countries in the African region are increasingly using Health Mid-Level cadres; therefore there is a need for efficient utilization of available health workers. This process will provide a basis for guiding countries in their attempt to scale up numbers of health workers to alleviate the shortages.

More at http://www.hrh-observatory.afro.who.int/en/events/news.html

The labour market for human resources for health in low and middle-income countries

HRH journal on September 9, 2012 at 3:50 pm - 0 Comments

Understanding and developing policies to address health worker shortages and maldistribution requires an understanding of the economics of labour markets.
This report provides an introduction to the terms and tools of labour market analysis, and connects these labour market principles to real-world case studies from three low and middle-income countries: Thailand, Rwanda, and Kenya. Recommendations for data collection are also made to allow human resource practitioners to begin their own empirical examination of health worker labour markets. The application of labour economics principles and thoughtful data analysis can guide effective labour policy to address population health needs.
The Human Resources for Health Observer – Issue No. 11 can be downloaded from:

http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/resources/Observer11_WEB.pdf

Monitoring progress on the recruitment of health personnel

HRH journal on March 10, 2012 at 6:37 am - 0 Comments

WHO has created a national self-assessment tool for Member States to monitor the progress of the Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel. The Code establishes voluntary principles and practices for the ethical international recruitment of health personnel and the strengthening of health systems”. Find out additional information and download the survey tool at http://www.who.int/hrh/migration/code/code_nri/en/index.html.

Brazilian public health community is mourning Izabel dos Santos

HRH journal on December 1, 2010 at 10:03 am - 0 Comments

The Brazilian public heath is sad with the loss of Izabel dos Santos. A woman, black, nurse, she was a pioneer in the fight for equity in health and for the human resources for health development. She became a symbol of the effort to scale-up health middle-level personnel education programmes in Brazil and Latin America. Her ideas and leadership guided the development of new paradigms in the movement of innovative health training and health service integration, towards education and citizenship. With more than 50 years dedicated to nursing and its ideals she contributed to the development of policies and programs in the Brazilian health system and WHO.

Honoured in december 2002, with the book "Isabel dos …

Course on governance and human resources for health

HRH journal on October 9, 2010 at 4:29 am - 1 Comment

The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT, Amsterdam) and the National Institute of Public Health in Cuernavaca, Mexico are jointly organizing, at the end of January 2011, an one-week course on learning more about improving planning and implementation of human resources for health policies through responsible governance, .

The aim of the short course is to enable participants to apply the concept of responsible governance to HRH issues and to develop approaches improving the formulation and implementation of national and regional HRH policies and plans.

The course is designed for senior policy-makers and planners, health services and programme managers, HRH experts and academics working in the area of human resources for health policy development and implementation in low and middle income countries. These policy-makers, planners …

Mr. Peter Hornby passed away

HRH journal on June 5, 2010 at 7:40 am - 0 Comments

Very sadly the HRH editors inform that Mr. Peter Hornby passed away in Jakarta last 3 June, two days after suffering a severe stroke from which he did not recover.

Peter Hornby was in Indonesia to develop a cooperation project between two universities in the U.K. and Indonesia, a country where he has worked many years ago and that he loved.

All who had the privilege to work with Peter will remember him as a dedicated professional to the cause of improving Human Resource for Health Development but also a person with a lot of humour and wisdom.

On behalf of the HRH journal team we would like to express our condolences to his wife, family and friends.

May Peter rest in peace.

2010 International Conference on Research in Human Resources for Health

HRH journal on May 28, 2010 at 9:05 am - 0 Comments

The WHO/PAHO Collaborating Centre for Health Workforce Information and Planning at the Social Medicine Institute, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro and the World Health Organization/PanAmerican Health Organization are promoting the 2010 International Conference on Research in Human Resources for Health.

The International Conference will be held at Hotel Sheraton, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 9 to 11 June 2010, supported by national and international institutions, lead by Prof. Celia Pierantoni, member of HRH journal Editorial Board. Dr. Francisco Campos, Secretary of Human Resources for Health – SGTES of the Ministry of Health, Brazil will open the conference talking about the "Health Research in Brazil and the World.

Although attendance is only by invitation, anyone interested can participate via internet as the conference will be broadcasted online in real …