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COUNTRY PROFILE SERIES: A REVIEW OF THE HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT CAPACITY
This profile series reviews and analyses the health management and leadership capacity issues that affect the performance of district health managers in six AusAID priority countries – Cambodia, Fiji, Lao PDR, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste. The first six chapters of each report provide descriptions of the health system of the country and the final four chapters attempt to assess the management and leadership capacity. Hard copies of the full reports are also available: Contact hrhhub@unsw.edu.au or phone + 61 2 93858687.
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This series will culminate in an analysis and discussion paper which brings together all the issues identified in the six separate reports. |
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POLICY BRIEF: Strengthening supportive supervision at the district health level in the Pacific
Authors: Augustine Asante and Graham Roberts
Release: August 2011
Policy brief: Follow this link to download the policy brief (80KB)
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COUNTRY PROFILE SERIES: MATERNAL, NEONATAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
This profile series presents information on the types of community-level health workers in the maternal, neonatal and reproductive health sector in ten different countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The profiles provide baseline information that can inform policy and program planning by donors, multilateral agencies, NGOs and international health practitioners. Ministry of health staff may also find the information from other countries useful in planning their own human resource initiatives. Hard copies of the full reports are also available: Contact hrhhub@unsw.edu.au or phone + 61 2 93858687.
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ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS: MATERNAL, NEONATAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Towards a comprehensive approach to enhancing the performance of health workers in maternal, neonatal and reproductive health at community level: Learning from experiences in the Asia and Pacific regions. Discussion paper 2
Author: Angela Dawson
Release: February 2011
This report by Dr Angela Dawson discusses how to best assess individual health worker, team and human resource management performance in order to strengthen health systems and help achieve Millennium Development Goal 5.
Summary: Follow this link to download a technical summary (162KB)
Full report: Follow this link to download the full report (660KB)
Improving the quality of HRH information: A focus on the providers of maternal, neonatal and reproductive health care and services at community level in the Asia and Pacific regions. Discussion Paper 1
Author: Angela Dawson
Release: November 2010
This paper describes the information flows and gaps in the maternal, neonatal and reproductive health workforce at a community level. It looks at the information needs and uses and also provides recommendations for improving the quality and use of information. This paper may be of particular use to district managers as well as non-government organisations (NGOs) and donors wishing to improve their knowledge management and exchange practice in the Asia and Pacific regions.
Summary: Follow this link to download a technical summary (68KB)
Full report: Follow this link to download the full report (432KB)
Human Resources for health in maternal, neonatal and reproductive health at community level: A synthesis of literature with a focus on the Asia and Pacific Regions
Author: Angela Dawson and Natalie Gray
Release: February 2011
This literature review provides examples of lessons learned in the planning, implementation and evaluation of HRH interventions in MNRH at the community level in the Asia and Pacific regions, and outlines interventions in the areas of HRH policy, management and education and training.
Full report: Follow this link to download the full report (2.49MB)
POLICY BRIEFS: MATERNAL, NEONATAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Human resources for maternal, newborn and child health at the community level: What do we know?
Authors: Shanti Raman and Alexandra Girdwood
Release: March 2012
This policy brief summarises the critical workforce issues highlighted from a review of the literature of maternal, newborn and child health services at community level, with a particular emphasis on the Asia Pacific region. It serves as a reference document for policy and decision makers working in or with developing countries in the areas of human resources for health and MNCH.
Policy brief: Follow this link to download the policy brief (167KB)
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Improving partnerships between health workers and the community for maternal, newborn and child health
Authors: Shanti Raman and Jed Horner
Release: March 2012
This policy brief addresses the role of partnerships between health workers and the community, for the purposes of improving MNCH in resource-constrained settings. It includes key messages and case studies,and recommendations for funding agreements and contracts, health worker job descriptions, impact studies and knowledge development and dissemination.
Policy brief: Follow this link to download the policy brief (130KB)
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Migration of health workers in the Asia-Pacific region
Author: John Connell
Release: December 2010
This report examines the growing phenomenon of the international migration of skilled health workers (nurses, doctors and more specialised workers, such as pharmacists, radiologists and lab technicians) in the Asia-Pacific region. It concludes that there needs to be an integrated approach to the integration and implementation of policy, especially in some of the least developed countries where there in an underproduction of skilled health workers and increased migration. Hard copies of the full report are also available: Contact hrhhub@unsw.edu.au or phone + 61 2 93858687.
Summary: Follow this link to download a technical summary (76KB)
Full report: Follow this link to download the full report (705KB)
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Mapping human resources for health: Profiles from 15 Pacific-Island countries
Editor: Ms Jacqui Davison
Details: June 2009, Human Resources for Health Knowledge Hub, Sydney
Report: Follow this link to download the full report (973KB)
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