Category: News

Case Studies Awards for Excellence

Projects successful in strengthening their country-level health workforce were highlighted as examples of excellence at the Second Global Forum. An independent award committee of prominent experts in human resources for health selected 36 case stories, which were all featured in the marketplace during the forum. Each example highlights outstanding results in strengthening of a health [...]

HRH Special Recognition Awards

Special Recognition Awards (for health workers) The Awarding Committee - consisting of prominent experts in the field of human resources for health - shortlisted these 12 health workers for the Special Recognition Awards. Each health worker has served in a rural or hardship area for at least five years, and has demonstrated extensive involvement in [...]

Measuring Equity and Financial Protection in Health

Begins : Mar 14, 2011 09:00 Ends : Mar 14, 2011 17:00 Contact Person : Caryn Bredenkamp AFHEA Pre-Conference Training Monday 14 March 2011 Saly Palm Beach Hotel, Saly, Senegal Aims & Content : This one-day course provides an introduction to quantitative methods used in health economics to measure equity and financial protection in the [...]

United Nations Global Conference at the Highest Level on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development.(28 – 30 March, 2011 @ The International Convention Centre London, United Kingdom).

United Nations Global Conference at the Highest Level on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development.(28 - 30 March, 2011 @ The International Convention Centre London, United Kingdom). Dear Invitee, Nonprofit/NGO Colleague, On behalf of the organizing and scientific working committee, the United Nations invites you to a Three-day summit of [...]

Canada? nursing workforce grows 9% in five years

Canada? nursing workforce grows 9% in five years Registered nurse?to-population ratio still lower than in the early 1990s Regulated Nurses : Canadian Trends, 2005 to 2009 at: http://bit.ly/faFPnS Between 2005 and 2009, Canada gained just more than 27,000 nurses, bringing the total regulated nursing workforce to approximately 348,500, according to a new report released today by the [...]

WHO endorses new rapid tuberculosis test

WHO endorses new rapid tuberculosis test A major milestone for global TB diagnosis and care 8 DECEMBER 2010 | LONDON | GENEVA — Today, WHO endorsed a new and novel rapid test for tuberculosis (TB), especially relevant in countries most affected by the disease. The test could revolutionize TB care and control by providing an [...]
The joint PAHO/WHO ILO UNAIDS policy guidelines for improving health workers’ access to HIV and TB prevention, treatment, care and support services

The joint PAHO/WHO ILO UNAIDS policy guidelines for improving health workers’ access to HIV and TB prevention, treatment, care and support services

The joint PAHO/WHO ILO UNAIDS policy guidelines for improving health workers’ access to HIV and TB prevention, treatment, care and support services OVERVIEW ILO, UNAIDS, and PAHO/WHO, given their complementary mandates and long standing collaboration on occupational health, HIV and TB, are working together to find common solutions to HIV and TB challenges for health workers. The [...]