Human Resources For Health
Assessment of the Additional Duties Hours Allowance (ADHA) Scheme: Final Report, Ruwoldt P (Training Resources Group, Inc.), Perry S (Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health), Yumkella F (IntraHealth International, Inc.), Sagoe K (Ghana Health Service), Capacity Project and Ghana Ministry of Health, 2008 [414kb pdf]
Attracting and Retaining Nurse Tutors in Malawi, Caffrey M. and Frelick G. (consultants), Capacity Project (part of the Health Workforce "Innovative Approaches and Promising Practices" Study series), 2006 [259kb pdf]
Data Quality Considerations in Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) Strengthening, Wakibi S., Capacity Project , 2008 [167kb pdf]
Guideline for Incorporating New Cadres of Health Workers to Increase Accessibility and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Resource paper related to the study in Uganda, Stilwell B (LATH), Capacity Project (part of the Health Workforce "Innovative Approaches and Promising Practices" Study series), 2007 [1180kb pdf]
Guideline for Outsourcing Human Resources Services to Make Antiretroviral Therapy Rapidly Available in Underserved Areas Resource paper related to the study in Namibia, Benavides B. (JHPIEGO), Capacity Project (part of the Health Workforce "Innovative Approaches and Promising Practices" Study series), 2007 [266kb pdf]
HRH Action Framework, USAID and WHO (administered by the Capacity Project), 2008
The HRH Action Framework is designed to assist governments and health managers to develop and implement strategies to achieve an effective and sustainable health workforce. By using a comprehensive approach, the Framework will help you address staff shortages, uneven distribution of staff, gaps in skills and competencies, low retention and poor motivation, among other challenges. [website]
Human Resources for Health Global Resource Center, Capacity Project, 2008
The HRH Global Resource Center provides support to human resources for health (HRH) stakeholders and decision makers by helping them find the resources they need via a web-based, searchable knowledge base and offering them personalized support from an experienced knowledge management team. [website]
Human Resources for Health Strategic Planning, Martineau T (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) and Caffrey M (Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health) Capacity Project, 2008
This technical brief discusses how to approach current human resources (HR) challenges in the health sector with a national strategic HR plan. [261 kb pdf]
iHRIS—Global HRIS Strengthening, Capacity Project, 2008
Free, Open Source HRIS solutions, distributed under the General Public License (GPL), to supply health sector leaders and managers with the information they need to assess HR problems, plan effective interventions and evaluate those interventions. [website]
Incorporating Lay Human Resources to Increase Accessibility to Antiretroviral Therapy: A Home-Based Approach in Uganda, Benavides B. and Caffrey M. (consultants), Capacity Project (part of the Health Workforce "Innovative Approaches and Promising Practices" Study series), 2006 [351kb pdf]
Increasing the Motivation of Health Care Workers, Luoma M. Capacity Project, 2006
This technical brief discusses possible ways to increase motivation among health care workers. [179kb pdf]
Informatics, 2008
Help develop software solutions, contribute to documentation or translation, or join the discussion of the technical aspects of human resources for health. [website and blog]
Mothers' Support Groups in Ethiopia: A Peer Support Model to Address the Needs of Women Living with HIV, Viadro C., Stratton S. Asfaw YD, Shibru A, Capacity Project and Hareg Project, 2008.
A model developed by IntraHealth in Ethiopia to support HIV-positive mothers and help them avoid transmitting the virus to their infants. [224kb pdf]
Partnership Building: Practical Tools to Help You Create, Strengthen, Assess and Manage Your Partner, Gormley W. (TRG) and Guyer-Miller L. (TRG), Capacity Project, 2007
This toolkit offers guidance on identifying potential alliance partners, facilitating a dynamic and helpful kick-off meeting and creating an appropriate memorandum of understanding, along with more tools to help create or develop partnerships. [247kb pdf]
Providing Doorstep Services to Underserved Rural Populations: Community Health Workers in Ghana, Acqua S., Frelick G., and Matikanya R. (consultants), Capacity Project (part of the Health Workforce "Innovative Approaches and Promising Practices" Study series), 2006 [236kb pdf]
Retention of Health Care Workers in Low-Resource Settings, Yumkella F., Capacity Project, 2006
In Technical Brief No. 1, Fatu Yumkella discusses retaining health care workers in resource-constrained countries. [208kb pdf]
Strategy for the Rapid Start-up of the HIV/AIDS Program in Namibia: Outsourcing the Recruitment and Management of Human Resources for Health, Frelick G. and Mameja J. (consultants), Capacity Project (part of the Health Workforce "Innovative Approaches and Promising Practices" Study series), 2006 [240kb pdf]
Strengthening Health Professional Associations, McQuide P., Millonzi K. and Farrell C., Capacity Project, 2007
Technical Brief No. 8, explores various approaches for strengthening professional associations and outlines the benefits and challenges of such efforts. [186kb pdf]
Supporting Existing Health Cadres in Learning New Skills, Murphy C. and Millonzi K., Capacity Project, 2006
This resource paper discusses the challenge of developing human capacity for health care occuring in the context of severe staff shortages. [280kb pdf]
Uganda Health Workforce Study: Satisfaction and Intent to Stay Among Current Health Workers, Hagopian A. (HRSA), Capacity Project (part of the Capacity Project Tools and Resources for HRH Practitioners), 2007 [221kb pdf]
Using Collaborative Approaches to Reach Human Resources for Health (HRH) Goals, Gormley W. (TRG) and Guyer-Miller L. (TRG), 2006
Technical Brief No. 4 discusses best practices and lessons learned from a combination of key themes in current literature and practice regarding the benefits of collaborative ventures. [184kb pdf]
Zanzibar Health Care Worker Productivity Study: Preliminary Study Findings, Ruwoldt P. (TRG) and Hasett P. Capacity Project (part of the Capacity Project Tools and Resources for HRH Practitioners), 2007 [639kb pdf]