https://www.capacityplus.org/taxonomy/term/148/all en https://www.capacityplus.org/haiti-prioritizes-human-resources-health <p><img src="/sites/intrah.civicactions.net/files/Sara_Pacque_Margolis.jpg" alt="" align="left" height="147" hspace="10" width="105" />On Wednesday, I attended the <a href="http://www.globalhealth.org/conference_2010/">Global Health Council Conference</a> plenary session entitled "After the Earthquake: Towards Building a New Haitian Health System”, in which the Haitian Minister of Health, the Honorable Dr. Alex Larsen, discussed Haiti’s number one health priority—building the country’s human resources for health.</p> <p>Dr. Larsen and partners of the Haitian Ministry of Health conveyed the futility of developing infrastructure and obtaining commodities without simultaneously bolstering the health care workforce. He mentioned three cadres of health workers that are currently in particularly high demand: community health workers, midwives, and nurse anesthesiologists.</p> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authoring-information"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Author&#039;s name:&nbsp;</div> Sara Pacqué-Margolis </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-publication-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Publication Date:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-single">June 2010 (All day)</span> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="https://www.capacityplus.org/haiti-prioritizes-human-resources-health" target="_blank">read more</a></p> https://www.capacityplus.org/haiti-prioritizes-human-resources-health#comments Advocacy Community Health Workers Global Health Council Haiti Health Systems Strengthening Human Resources for Health Nurses Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:33:19 +0000 jennifer 128 at https://www.capacityplus.org