Capacity-Building

Partnering with African Faith-Based Organizations for a Strong Health Workforce

Faith-based organizations (FBOs) make immense contributions to the health sector in many parts of the world. Yet they are often not integrated into planning and resource allocations for national health systems, leading to service and system redundancies and gaps. FBOs also face numerous human resources for health (HRH) challenges, similar to other public- and private-sector institutions providing health services. The Africa Christian Health Associations Platform (ACHAP) has strengthened its members’ capacities to address HRH challenges with support from CapacityPlus. This technical brief presents examples from ACHAP members’ efforts to strengthen HRH and integrate FBOs into national health systems and the HRH community. The brief highlights achievements in selected areas, provides lessons learned, and offers seven key recommendations for furthering FBOs’ efforts.

iHRIS User: Level I

This free eLearning course hosted by CapacityPlus’s HRH Global Resource Center provides instructions on how to set up and manage human resources data in iHRIS Manage, which supports ministries of health and other service delivery organizations to track, manage, deploy, and map their health workforces. Information on managing employee and job applicant data, as well as training data, is included. Each module is designed to be used separately, as an online help guide, to teach human resources staff and hiring managers how to use the software. The modules use audio as well as visual teaching aids to reduce any potential learning barriers. The course was developed using the open source learning platform Moodle so that it can be easily exported and modified for use in different countries. For example, a module teaching specific customizations for that country can easily be created and added to the full course. Also see the related course, iHRIS Administrator: Level I.

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Designing Evidence-Based Incentives to Attract and Retain Health Workers Using the Rapid Retention Survey Toolkit

This eLearning course produced by CapacityPlus’s HRH Global Resource Center is based on CapacityPlus's Rapid Retention Survey Toolkit: Designing Evidence-Based Incentives for Health Workers. The course trains participants on how to use a rapid discrete choice experiment methodology to design evidence-based incentives to attract and retain health workers in rural and remote areas.

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An Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation of Human Resources for Health

This eLearning course produced by CapacityPlus’s HRH Global Resource Center is intended to introduce users to basic monitoring and evaluation (M&E) concepts and how they apply in the field of human resources for health (HRH).

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Fondations de l’égalité des genres au sein du personnel de santé

Ce cours a pour but d’exposer les participants à des concepts, des questions et des normes essentiels relatifs à l’égalité des genres parmi les effectifs sanitaires, et notamment les protections légales et politiques disponibles.

Foundations of Gender Equality in the Health Workforce

This eLearning course produced by CapacityPlus’s HRH Global Resource Center is intended to expose the participant to basic concepts, issues, and standards related to gender equality in the health workforce. Also available in French.

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Amélioration des systèmes de santé grâce à l’open source

Le Dr. Alvin Marcelo, professeur adjoint en chirurgie et en informatique médicale à l’Université des Philippines à Manille, nous parle de son projet consistant à recourir à un ensemble d’applications pour produire des informations agrégées permettant aux chefs de file du secteur sanitaire de remédier à certaines lacunes du système et d’améliorer les résultats sanitaires.

Improving Health Systems with the Power of Open Source

Dr. Alvin Marcelo, associate professor of surgery and medical informatics at the University of the Philippines Manila, talks about his plan to use a set of applications to produce aggregated information that can help health-sector leaders address gaps and improve health outcomes. Also available in French.

iHRIS Administrator: Level I

To meet countries’ demands to help build their information technology capacity, CapacityPlus’s HRH Global Resource Center launched an eLearning course that provides instructions on the basic skill set needed to administer and customize CapacityPlus’s human resources information systems software, iHRIS Manage and iHRIS Qualify Also available in Spanish and French.

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Accroître les compétences locales à travers les systèmes d’information du personnel de santé : « Cela vaut tout l’or du monde. »

Kayode Odusote de l’Organisation ouest-africaine de la santé présente la manière dont il se sert du logiciel iHRIS du projet CapacityPlus pour aider les pays à collecter et à utiliser les données relatives au personnel de santé.

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