Human Resources for Health Blog

Global Community of Practice on Health Worker Migration

The Health Worker Migration Policy Initiative invites all individuals, professionals, policy and programme managers and interest groups from around the world to participate in a virtual Global Community of Practice on Health Worker Migration, chaired by Mary Robinson, President of Realizing Rights

How best address the challenges raised by health worker migration? What are the responsibilities of individuals, countries and as global community to support the Code of Practice?

The Global Discussion starts on 31 of March 2008 at 15.00 GMT

To join the global online community of practice, click at this url: http://my.ibpinitiative.org/public/HWMigration/

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Posted by Mario Dal Poz at 20:02    Comments (0)

 

Rockefeller and HRH - Interview with Dr Ariel Pablos-Méndez at the Kampala Forum

On day four of the First Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, we spoke to Dr Ariel Pablos-Méndes of the Rockefeller foundation (www.rockfound.org).[Read More]

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"Health workers for all and all for health workers" - GHWA declaration, Kampala day 3

The particpants present at the First Global Forum on Human Resources for Health reached agreement on an historic joint declaration today, 4 March 2008. The declaration called on all responsible parties to make a firm commitment to resolving the health workforce crisis as soon as possible, and to turn recent advocacy success and political progress on the matter to concrete action.[Read More]

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"The time for action is now." - Update from the Kampala Forum, day 1

"The time for action is now". At the opening of the First Global Forum on Human Resources for Health yesterday evening, this was the phrase on everybody's lips.

The urgency of the need for mobilisation was emphasised by all panelists at the opening press conference of the uprecedented Forum, which represents the culmination of a growing international advocacy effort to raise awareness and inspire leadership at the highest levels to address the global health workforce crisis. 

"I hope we as participants...will be able to look back and say: 'I was there'", said Prof Chen, Forum Chair. 

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HRH Journal at the First-ever Global Forum on Human Resources for Health (2-7 March 2008)

The first ever Global Forum on Human Resources for Health will be convened by the Global Health workforce Alliance in Kampala, Uganda (GHWA), from March 2-7, 2008.

 The HRH Journal editorial team will be attending the forum and will be posting daily reports from the forum on this blog, including interviews with some of the presenters and particpants of the forum.

As always, we weclome your thought and reactions in the form of comments posted here on our blog or e-mails sent to hrhjournal@who.int .

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