Links to Additional HRH Information

Organizations or Projects
Resources
Education and Training

CapacityPlus

Global initiative funded by USAID that applies proven and promising approaches to improve the quality and use of priority health care services in developing countries

CHW Central

Online resource for information and dialogue on community health workers (CHW)

Frontline Health Workers Coalition

Coalition working together to urge greater and more strategic U.S. investment in frontline health workers in the developing world

Global Health Workforce Alliance

Partnership dedicated to identifying and implementing solutions to the health workforce crisis

Global Health Workforce Alliance Knowledge Center

Provides HRH policy makers, researchers, Alliance members and partners and all those working on resolving the HRH crisis with the latest resources related to the crisis in low- and middle-income countries

Healthcare Information for All by 2015

Global email discussion group with a focus on the information and learning needs of healthcare providers in developing countries

Health Workforce Advocacy Initiative

Advocacy group to advance equitable and sustained access to a skilled, motivated, and well-equipped, informed, and managed health workforce who have decent wages and good working conditions

HRH Knowledge Hub

AusAID funded project based in the School of Community Medicine at the University of New South Wales that contributes to the quality and effectiveness of Australia's engagement in the health sector in the Asia and Pacific regions by developing innovative policy options for strengthening HRH systems

Human Health Project

Global community doctors, nurses, practitioners and patient advocates from conventional and alternative medicines helping each other with medical cases

IMA World Health

Faith-based nonprofit organization providing health care services and supplies to vulnerable and marginalized people

International Centre for Human Resources in Nursing

Organization dedicated to strengthening the nursing workforce globally through the development, monitoring and dissemination of comprehensive information, standards and tools on nursing human resources policy, management, research and practice

International Centre on Nurse Migration

Global resource for the development, promotion and dissemination of research, policy and information on nurse migration

IntraHealth International

Non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the successful delivery of health services and meeting health care challenges

Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health

Promotes collaboration; marshals resources for research, policy and programmatic initiatives; recruits dynamic faculty and other professionals; and trains the next generation of leaders in global health

Knowledge Management for Public Health

Global knowledge sharing network for public health organized by WHO that supports human resources for health (HRH) development

Management Sciences for Health

Organization that seeks to increase the effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of health services by improving management systems, promoting access to services, and influencing public policy

NHS Healthcare Workforce

Portal for the National Health Services (UK) workforce planning information and practical tools

Partners in Population and Development (PPD)

Intergovernmental initiative created specifically for the purpose of expanding and improving South-to-South collaboration in the fields of reproductive health, population, and development

Partners in Population and Development Africa Regional Office (PPD ARO)

Links African member countries of PPD and provides a platform for the promotion of reproductive health, population, and development in Africa through policy dialogue, building strategic partnerships in the region, and sharing experiences

Eldis: Human Resources for Health Dossier

Information resource and tool from the Institute for Development Studies for advocacy for the importance of human resources in making improvements in health service delivery for poor people

eHealth Research Guide

The World Bank's guide to resources on the application of information and communication technologies in health care delivery and management

Health Manager's Toolkit

Electronic compendium of tools compiled by the Leadership, Management, and Sustainability Program to assist health professionals at all levels

Health Manager's Website

Concepts, guidance and tools to help you make best use of resources or solve problems to do with working with staff, budgeting and monitoring expenditure, collecting and using information, obtaining and managing drugs and equipment.

Human Resources for Health Journal

Open access, peer-reviewed, online journal covering all aspects of planning, producing and managing the health workforce

Human Resources in Health (HRH) Toolkit

eToolkit that focuses on issues concerning HRH focusing primarily on Southern Africa

World Bank: Human Resources for Health

Website designed to help users to better diagnose HRH problems and provide access to tools for designing interventions that will support efforts to respond

World Health Organization: Human Resources for Health

WHO site dedicated to human resources for health information

Global Health Education Consortium

Resources to support self-paced learning and instruction on global health in the field

Global Health eLearning Center

Site of free health courses developed by the United States Agency for International Development

Health Sciences Online

Free collection of training courses and materials for medicine and other health sciences

Health Training.org

Medicus Mundi Switzerland's internet inventory of postgraduate training and further education in the field of international health

Sharing In Health

Provides open-access training resources for students in resource-poor regions with the goal of increasing global training capacity