Quest for Quality. Private not-for profit health institutions address the human resources crises
20th May 2009, technical meeting organised by Medicus Mundi International and Cordaid as a side event to the 62nd World Health Assembly.
The workforce crisis - still on your agenda?
- 2006: “We will address and resolve the health workforce crisis.” (WHO)
- 2009: The health workforce issue is not on the WHA agenda.
- However, it remains on our agenda – and on yours?
The 2006 World Health Report “Working Together for Health” was dedicated to the health workforce. In the same year WHO launched the human resources decade. The Global Health Workforce Alliance convened the first Global Forum on Human Resources for Health which took place in Kampala, Uganda, in March 2008.
In 2009 the workforce issue has disappeared from the headlines and from the WHA agenda. The draft WHO code of practice on international recruitment of health personnel has been postponed to next year’s Assembly. Nevertheless, the issue remains high on our agenda.
Private not-for-profit organisations play a crucial role in health provision for the poor in many countries and struggle to become a fully integrated actor within the public health system. In the international debate their role is often overlooked.
The private not-for-profit sector has made significant contributions to reducing health personnel attrition rates with emphasis on improving retention of health workers deployed in often neglected rural areas.
In a technical meeting organized as a side event to the 62nd WHA, MMI and Cordaid presented a number of these initiatives and discussed their implications for a national health workforce strategy.
Side event to the 62nd WHA
Quest for quality. Private not-for profit health
institutions address the health workforce crisis
Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, 20 May 2009
Speakers and Presentations:
| Guus Eskens |
Medicus Mundi International Network |
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| José Utrera | Cordaid Netherlands | PPT (as PDF) |
| George A. Adjei | National Catholic Health Services, Ghana | PPT (as PDF) |
| Isaac Mpoza Kagimu | Ugandan Catholic Medical Board, Uganda | PPT (as PDF) |
| Friday Agaba |
Ministry of Health, Uganda |
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| George Dakpalah |
Ministry of Health, Ghana |
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| Jean Marc Braichet | World Health Organization |
Download the side event flyer: PDF, 1 MB
Photos of the side event: available soon
Photos of the event
The following photos are available as high resolution pictures (3000 x 2000 pxls, 4MB each) at the MMI secretariat. Or order them in the size you need.
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"Quest for Quality" - the report
Cordaid "Quest for Quality" report: Download on MMI ePlatform
Cordaid "Quest for Quality" report: Introduction on MMI ePlatform
Cordaid is an international development organisation based in the Netherlands. Cordaid works with civil society organisations in around 33 countries in the areas of emergency aid and structural poverty eradication. Cordaid is a member of the MMI Network.
Cordaid
Lutherse Burgwal 10
2512 CB The Hague
The Netherland
Short URL of this page: www.medicusmundi.org/wha2009
