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Role of Networking in Managing Migration of Human Resources for Health in the Philippines
Language:
English
Publisher:
HRH Global Resource Center
Publication Date:
2008
Pages:
19
Description:
This paper aims to present the existing HRH problems exemplified by migration in the light of other related issues such as the nurse medic phenomenon, foreign doctors taking up residency training, quality of nursing education, paradoxical enrollment trends in nursing and medicine and the effects of migration on health service delivery. Painting a true picture of HRH migration and its accompanying issues will hopefully provide policy and decision makers a better understanding of the complexity of managing migration in the Philippines and the need for concerted efforts of government agencies and other organizations to address this problem through sound policies on migration and evidence based HRH planning. It is also important to depict HRH development in the Philippines highlighting the different functions and mandates of all government agencies involved in it in order to appreciate the significance of collaborating and creating partnerships among these organizations. This paper also looked into the earlier initiatives to create a similar organization in the past as part of the historical perspective of networking in the Philippines. [from introduction]
Subject
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Resource Type
Reviews
Review date:6/9/2008
General comments
This is a descriptive study of the organizational effectiveness of the new Human Resources for Health (HRH) Network in the Philippines that has been established to oversee and coordinate HRH development. It is a subjective analysis, although the writer uses a set of variables and performance indicators, against which to measure organizational effectiveness. The paper is not easy to read as it contains a lot of densely packed information with many acronyms. If the reader is unfamiliar with the Philippine systems it interrupts the flow of reading and understanding to have to sort out what they mean.
Nevertheless, it is an interesting account of one country’s attempts to coordinate and control the health labor market at a high level of decision making. Indeed, in the Philippines there are many agencies involved in HRH – perhaps more than average – so that this initiative would be easier to implement in other countries. High level coordination of HRH policies and planning is certainly an example of good practice in the area of HRH development.
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