At the midpoint of the five-year Capacity Project, team members gathered in Washington, DC for a technical review and workshop on the Projectâ€™s efforts to strengthen human resources for health (HRH) to support key services in family planning, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS treatment and care. Held April 16-19, the workshop provided staff with an actively shared knowledge base in order to optimize effectiveness during the second half of the project. Technical staff from Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Africa, Southern Sudan, Uganda and the Central America Regional Program joined US-based staff.

Paper Synthesizes Promising Practices in Human Resources for Health

The Capacity Project has published a synthesis of promising human resources for health (HRH) practices in four countriesâ€”task shifting (Ghana and Uganda), improving retention (Malawi) and strengthening recruitment and rapid deployment (Namibia).
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Performance-Based Learning Guide Available

The Capacity Project and IntraHealth International have published Learning for Performance: A Guide and Toolkit for Health Worker Training and Education Programs.
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Kenyan Human Resources Staff Build Skills and Competencies

To enhance the performance of the Human Resources Directorate of Kenyaâ€™s Ministry of Health, the Capacity Project co-funded a three-day course in March for 44 staff.
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African Health Ministers Commit to Strengthen HR Information Systems

Ministers of Health from 14 countries in East, Central and Southern Africa have adopted resolutions supporting the development of national health workforce observatories and acknowledging that strong human resources information systems are necessary for informed policy decisions. The officials passed the resolutions during the 44th Conference of Health Ministers in Arusha, Tanzania, March 12-16.
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