Newsletters

The CapacityPlus monthly newsletter features global health workforce news, events, and opinions as well as updates on this USAID-funded project. Sign up by entering your e-mail address in the box at the left. Previous issues are available below, with highlights indicated.

Developing a Rural Retention Strategy
Scaling Up and Transforming Health Professional Education
HRH Global Resource Center Launches Health Worker Policy Advocacy Collection

Strengthening the Health Workforce with Faith-Based Organizations
Tackling the Social Welfare Workforce Shortage
Bringing Health Workforce Information to the Public

Scaling Up Health Worker Education
Uganda's National System for Health Workforce Data
HRH Global Resource Center Reaches 3,000

Understanding Health Worker Preferences
Growing the Global iHRIS Community
Role of Community Members and Workers in Social Services

Health Workers and Population Growth
Nursing Education Partnership Initiative Launched in Five Countries
African Health Ministers Commit to eHealth

Population Growth and the Global Health Workforce Crisis
Uganda Prepares for Health Worker Compensation Study
Sharing Information and Tools for Health Systems Strengthening

Taking Action Together on the Health Workforce
Creating Legislation for Health Careers in the Dominican Republic
Highlighting Health Workers’ Contribution to Family Planning and Reproductive Health

Motivating Health Workers to Serve in Rural Lao PDR
Models for Training Frontline Social Service Workers
New Versions of Health Worker Information Systems Software

Guidance for Using Health Workforce Tools
Improving Health Systems with the Power of Open Source
Dominican Republic Strengthens Management of Health Workers

New Resource for Health Systems Strengthening
Taking Steps to Retain Health Workers in Rural Laos
Strengthening the Social Service Workforce

New eLearning Course
Tracking All Health Workers in Botswana
Preparing Health Workers to Meet Women’s Reproductive Health Needs in Mali

Determining Priority Retention Packages
Supporting the Dominican Republic's Focus on Public Health HR Management
Making Work Safe for Health Workers

Stakeholder Leadership Groups
Faith-Based Organizations: Using HR Management to Support Health Workers
Lao People's Democratic Republic to Implement Health Worker Retention Tool

Tracking and Monitoring the Health Workforce
Implementing Health Workforce Plans Together
Christian Health Assocations Target Maternal and Child Health

Global Advisory Board on Strengthening Medical, Nursing, and Public Health Schools in Developing Countries
Country Action for the Health Workforce: A Powerful Framework
Tools for Strengthening the Health Workforce

Second Global Forum on Human Resources for Health
Partnering to Keep Health Workers in the Communities That Need Them
Promoting National Health Information Systems in West Africa

Building Local Capacity in Health Worker Information Systems
New iHRIS Software Product, iHRIS Retain, Coded In-Country
Social Welfare Workforce Strengthening Conference

CapacityPlus Presents Top Innovation at HIV/AIDS Meeting
African Platform on Human Resources for Health Consultation Meeting
Examining the Growing Role of the Private Sector in Global Health

Interview with Doris Mwarey, Africa Christian Health Associations Platform
Health Information System (HIS) Unconference
Health Worker Retention Survey Tested in Uganda

Promising Practices to Build Human Resources Capacity in HIV Strategic Information
Uganda Ministry of Health Takes Next Steps with HRH Retention Strategy
Helping Nigeria to Track Certification and Licensing of Nurses and Midwives

Improving Rural Retention of Health Workers in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
New Initiative Encourages Countries to Address Health Workforce Challenges
Work Climate Improvement: Addressing HIV in the Workplace