Health workforce shortage focus of high level Irish Conference

Irish Forum for Global Health

The recently concluded Irish Forum for Global Health (IFGH) recognized the critical shortage of skilled health personnel as one of the greatest challenges facing global health today. The conference provided an opportunity to renew efforts towards getting knowledge on the health workforce into policy and practice for achievement of the MDGs and future global health goals. It built on a one-day symposium and learning event held in October 2011 and reflected on experiences and lessons learned from research and practice by Irish and international practitioners, NGOs, researchers, government agencies and the private sector.

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  • Global Fund's support to health workforce weakened
    Following closely the work of the Global Fund in recent years and commending their move towards funding health systems strengthening and human resources for health development, the Alliance expresses its serious concerns about the Global Fund’s recent decision to suspend such essential cross-cutting support when it is not directly related to the three diseases.
USAID Health Care Improvement Project
  • 2012 Best Health Care Improvement Report Contest
    Alliance member the Health Care Improvement Project (HCI) seeks stories for the Health Care Improvement Database from health workers and implementers in USAID-assisted countries about how they have improved health care in their local setting.
  • 130th WHO Executive Board
    The 130th WHO Executive Board (EB) took place in Geneva from 16–23 January 2012. Chaired by Rahhal El Makkaoui, Secretary General, Ministry of Health Rabat, Morocco - the EB considered in great detail an implementation plan for WHO reform. Some technical and health matters were also be discussed, including noncommunicable disease control, MDGs, social determinants of health, and polio eradication.

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