Strengthening the workforce through meaningful recognition.

Reflections on Health Workforce Development; Comment on “Health Professional Training and Capacity Strengthening Through International Academic Partnerships: The First Five Years of the Human Resources for Health Program in Rwanda”

This commentary addresses the statement that “the authors believe that the HRH [Human Resources for Health] Program can serve as a model for other initiatives that seek to address the shortage of qualified health professionals in low-income countries and strengthen the long-term capacity of local academic institutions.” I adopt the position of the devil’s advocate and ask whether a country, wit...

Strengthening the Workforce Through Meanningful Recognition

THE CONCEPT OF MEANINGFUL recognition in the form of feedback has been an integral part of our workplaces since the turn of the century when psychologists began ex ploring the impact motivation had on productivity (Schultz & Schultz, 2008). Recognition feedback has ranged from the traditional behaviorist stimulus res ponse approach to a humanistic perspective that in cluded the perceptions one ...

On Management Matters: Why We Must Improve Public Health Management Through Action; Comment on “Management Matters: A Leverage Point for Health Systems Strengthening in Global Health”

Public health management is a pillar of public health practice. Only through effective management can research, theory, and scientific innovation be translated into successful public health action. With this in mind, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed an innovative program called Improving Public Health Management for Action (IMPACT) which aims to address th...

Strengthening the HIV Provider Workforce Through a Residency Pathway: Outcomes and Challenges

Building and retaining the neglected anaesthesia health workforce: is it crucial for health systems strengthening through primary health care?

Building and retaining the neglected anaesthesia health workforce: is it crucial for health systems strengthening through primary health care? Meena Cherian, Shelly Choo, Iain Wilson, Luc Noel, Mubashar Sheikh, Manuel Dayrit & Steffen Groth a Essential Health Technologies Department, World Health Organization, 20 avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. b Johns Hopkins University School of Me...