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HRH Global Resource Center April Newsletter
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- The GRC now has a subject glossary of the 104 subject terms used in the collection along with a definition and a link to the section. We hope this tool will be useful for HRH knowledge sharing as well assist users in navigating the new GRC taxonomy.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 2,362 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center March Newsletter
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- New subject Taxonomy: The GRC launched a new subject term classification system this month. Based on user trends in searching and viewing, the GRC team updated the subject terms for the collection to reflect how people are using the library and make finding relevant resources easier. We also created a subject glossary of all the terms along with a definition and a link to the section.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 2,312 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center February Newsletter
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- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 2,302 resources including the latest Capacity Project publications "Training Health Workers in Africa: Documenting Faith-Based Organizations' Contributions," "It Takes a Workforce: Improving Global Health Services," "Updating and Disseminating Guidelines for Family Planning and Reproductive Health: the Role of Health Systems Strengthening," "Evaluation of the Capacity Project's Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) Strengthening Process in Swaziland, Uganda and Rwanda" and "Evaluation of a Rapid Workforce Expansion Strategy: the Kenya Emergency Hiring Plan." You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center January Newsletter
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- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 2,280 resources including the latest Capacity Project publications "Role of Health Systems Strengthening in Effectively Updating and Disseminating Family Planning/Reproductive Health Guidelines" and "Implementation of Performance Support Approaches in Central America and Uganda." You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center December Newsletter
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- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 2,251 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center November Newsletter
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- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 2,239 resources. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center October Newsletter
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- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 2,206 resources including 15 of the latest Capacity Project publications in the new Legacy Series and the Gender Research Briefs. You can see all of the latest additions on our Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center September Newsletter
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- Panama has been added to the geographic category.
- News articles this month include:
- AAAH Conference and WHO Expert Group Meeting – Call for Papers
- Capacity Project End-of-Project Event and Expo
- Filipino Health Worker Training Program Proposed to Offset Brain Drain
- New Platform for HIS Interaction with Launch of Global Health Information Network
- Poor Infection Control Increases Risk of Drug-Resistant TB for Healthcare Workers
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 2,186 resources including the latest Capacity Project publications: "From Kampala to the Districts: Linking Data, Saving Lives" and "Human Resources for Health (HRH) Basics." You can see all of the latest additions on our new Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center August Newsletter
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- The GRC has refined the Resource Types in the collection to be more user-friendly. There are now only 8 categories to make it easier to find specific document types. If you have trouble with any of your bookmarked searches or RSS feeds as a result, please contact us.
- News articles this month include:
- Virtual Leadership Development Program for M&E
- HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Course
- Health Workforce Retention in Remote and Rural Areas: Call for Papers for WHO Bulletin
- Catholic Relief Services HIV Continuum of Care Forum
- XXII International Conference of the European Federation for Medical Informatics
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 2,122 resources including the latest Capacity Project publication: "Connecting Regions, Leading the Way: Sharing Health Worker Information in Namibia." You can see all of the latest additions on our new Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center July Newsletter
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- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 2,073 resources including some of the latest Capacity Project publications: "Building Capacity to Save Women's Lives in Mali." You can see all of the latest additions on our new Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center June Newsletter
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- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 2,054 resources including some of the latest Capacity Project publications: “African Christian Health Associations: Joining Forces for Improving Human Resources for Health.” You can see all of the latest additions on our new Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center May Newsletter
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- Tajikistan has been added to the geographic category.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 1,994 resources including some of the latest Capacity Project publications: "Nightmare to Awakening: Performance Improvement for Health Management in Uganda," and a French translation of "Developing Hope in Life: Mothers' Support Groups for Living Positively in Ethiopia." You can see all of the latest additions on our new Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center April Newsletter
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- The GRC is happy to announce that it has launched a new Subject Guide on Gender issues in HRH.
- The GRC team has completed a quality control evaluation of the collection to remove almost 100 outdated resources. Please contact us if you need access to material that has been removed.
- In order to better serve our users, the GRC will be making some changes to our subject terms and resource types. We expect the migration to take several weeks, and we will be adding a glossary to help with navigating the new terms.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 1,940 resources including some of the latest Capacity Project publications: "HRIS Strengthening Implementation Toolkit," and "Worker Retention in Human Resources for Health: Catalyzing and Tracking Change." You can see all of the latest additions on our new Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center March Newsletter
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- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 2,035 resources including some of the latest Capacity Project publications: "Worker Retention in Human Resources for Health: Catalyzing and Tracking Change," and "Tout part de la salle de classe : Mise à jour des connaissances en planification familiale en Afrique équatoriale." You can see all of the latest additions on our new Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center February Newsletter
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- Ukraine was added to the geographic category
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 1,981 resources including some of the latest Capacity Project publication, "Drawing on Data: Effective Decision-Making for the Health Workforce." You can see all of the latest additions on our new Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center January Newsletter
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- Special Highlight: In order to help users learn more about HRH and how to use the GRC, we have added two new features:
- Tutorial: Our new video tutorial introduces the GRC and demonstrates how to effectively browse and search the collection.
- Subject Guides: These guides introduce the fundamental topics in the human resources for health (HRH) crisis, provide links to topical information within the HRH Global Resource Center and recommend additional articles on current HRH research and promising practices. Current Subject Guides include:
- Human Resources for Health Overview
- Infectious Diseases
- HRH Planning
- Maternal & Child and Reproductive Health
- HRH Management
- New articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 1,893 resources including some of the latest Capacity Project publications: "Mozambique: Taking Forward Action on Human Resources for Health (HRH) with DFID/OGAC and Other Partners," "I Can Now Speak Boldly: Using Quality Data for Health Workforce Planning in Uganda" and "Guidelines and Standards for Accreditation of Continuing Professional Development for Health Workers." You can see all of the latest additions on our new Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center December Newsletter
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- Special Highlight: In response to requests from our users, the GRC has an improved navigation menu and new features including:
- Latest Added Resources Page: The HRH Global Resource Center collection grows quickly. Visit the Latest Resources Page to easily find the most recent additions.
- Rate Resources: You can now click on one of the five stars at the bottom of each resource page to let others know which resources you found useful and help GRC staff decide which resources should be removed.
- More to come! The GRC will be announcing other improvements in the coming months, so be sure to visit the site to see all the new features.
- Italy has been added to the geographic category
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 1,866 resources including “Focusing on the Essentials: Learning for Performance” an article published in Human Resources for Health by Cathy Murphy and some of the latest Capacity Project publications: “HIV for Health Workers: Perceptions and Needs,” “Study on Workplace Violence within the Health Sector in Rwanda: Final Report” and “National Impact: Local Ownership of Health Workforce Initiatives in Uganda.” You can see all of the latest additions on our new Latest Resources Page.
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HRH Global Resource Center November Newsletter
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- Fiji and Samoa have been added to the geographic category
- The GRC has launched a new and improved version of the site that includes some exciting additional features. More information about these features will be coming soon, and we encourage you to explore the updated GRC.
- News articles this month include:
- International Conference on Gender-based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health
- International Conference on Scaling Up
- PEPFAR Reauthorization Passes U.S. Senate
- Care and Support Program for People Living with HIV/AIDS
- Fifteenth Canadian Conference on International Health
- Global Health Challenges and Opportunities in Africa Conference
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 1,831 resources. Ten of the latest additions are below including the Capacity Project publication: "Human Relations: Building Leadership in Southern Sudan's Health Sector."
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HRH Global Resource Center October Newsletter
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- Kuwait has been added to the geographic category
- News articles this month include:
- International Forum on HIV and AIDS in Conflict, Post-Conflict and Emergency Contexts
- International Training Program on Evaluating Health Care Interventions
- International Conference on Workplace Violence in the Health Sector
- WHO Public Hearings on Draft Code for International Recruitment of Health Personnel
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 1,820 resources. Ten of the latest additions are below including two Capacity Project publications: "Better Service for the Client and the Community: Strengthening HIV Training in Belize," and "Susan's Story: Keeping Secrets and Promoting Family Planning in Rural Kenya."
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HRH Global Resource Center September Newsletter
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- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- Double Burden of Human Resource and HIV Crises: a Case Study of Malawi
- Interoperability and the Impacts of Health Information Systems
- Forecasting the Global Shortage of Physicians: an Economic and Needs Based Approach
- Crisis in Human Resources for Health Care and the Potential of a Retired Workforce: Case Study of the Independent Midwifery Sector in Tanzania
- Guidelines: Incentives for Health Professionals
- The GRC currently has 1,787 resources. Ten of the latest additions are below including the Capacity Project publications: “Data Quality Considerations in Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) Strengthening,” “Mid-Term Evaluation of the Kenya Emergency Hiring Plan,” “Overview of Human Resources for Health (HRH) Projection Models,” and “Building the Bridge from Human Resources Data to Effective Decisions: Ten Pillars of Successful Data-Driven Decision-Making.”
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HRH Global Resource Center July Newsletter
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- Oman has been added to the geographic category.
- The GRC has published an original resource created by the Capacity Project and the Ministry of Health in Uganda, Mapping the Human Resources Management Processes in Uganda.
- French versions of all the Capacity Project Technical Briefs are now available on the GRC.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 1,753 resources. Ten of the latest additions are below including the Capacity Project publications "Yielding Very Positive Results: Improving Decentralized HIV Services in Costa Rica."
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HRH Global Resource Center June Newsletter
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- The GRC has published an original user submitted resource, Role of Networking in Managing Migration of Human Resources for Health in the Philippines.
- Barbara Stilwell has contributed the GRC’s first expert resource review to add valuable critical feedback to a GRC resource. You can also or see her Reviewer Bioto learn more about her.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 1,751 resources. Ten of the latest additions are below including the Capacity Project publications "Working from the Inside: Mainstreaming HIV into Government Planning in Kenya" and "I Can Make a Difference in One's Family Life: Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Ethiopia" as well as a letter in The Lancet written by Barbara Stilwell, Anne Wilson and Jim McCaffery "Non-Physician Clinicians in Sub-Saharan Africa."
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HRH Global Resource Center May Newsletter
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- The GRC has launched the first online video version of its HRH Leaders in Action interview series with Dr. Eddie Mukooyo.
- St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Dominica and Trinidad & Tobago have been added to the subject category.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 1,733 resources, and 77 have been added this month. Ten of the latest additions are below.
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HRH Global Resource Center April Newsletter
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- Health Sector Managers has been added to the subject category.
- The IntraHealth website has posted a news article, "Featured at the Conference on Global Health - The HRH Global Resource Center."
- The IntraHealth site also now includes an RSS feed of all the GRC Resource Spotlight articles in attractive, easy to read format.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 1,661 resources, and 65 have been added this month. Ten of the latest additions are below including the Capacity Project publications, "Assessment of the Additional Duties Hours Allowance (ADHA) Scheme: Final Report" and "Planning, Developing and Supporting the Health Workforce: Human Resources for Health (HRH) Action Workshop."
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HRH Global Resource Center March Newsletter
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- Work Environment has been added to the subject category.
- Are you aware that the GRC provides librarian support to anyone who has a question on HRH resources? To contact us for help or with suggestions, use our online form.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC published the latest HRH Leaders in Action Interview with Adeline Kimambo.
- The GRC currently has 1,597 resources. Ten of the latest additions are below including the Capacity Project publications, "Linking Up: Creating a Complete Picture of Swaziland's Health Workforce," "Looking to the Future: Improving Family Planning Access and Quality in Rwanda," "Assessing the Human Resource Capacity for Implementation of the National Plan of Action for Orphans and Vulnerable Children: Process Description and Tool Library," and "Human Resource for Health (HRH) Strategic Planning."
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HRH Global Resource Center February Newsletter
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- Latvia, Switzerland, Lithuania and Estonia have been added to the geographic category.
- The GRC has reorganized the Education and Training category to better classify the resources and make it easier for users to navigate. The new section has the following categories:
- Education and Training – general documents about educating and training health workers
- Continuing Education – resources about continuing education for health workers
- Curriculum - curriculum that can be used to train health workers
- Training Effectiveness – resources that discuss the impact of training programs
- Training Interventions – resources concerned with health worker training programs
- In-Service Training – resources about training programs for current health workers
- Pre-Service Education – resources about training programs for future health workers
- Training Methodologies – resources about developing training systems and different methods of training
- Distance Education – information about health worker training that can be done remotely
- Training of Trainers – resources on how to train health worker trainers
- Course on Health Systems Through Conflict and Recovery
- Conference on Migrant Health in Europe
- Community-Based Family Planning Workshop
- Global Alliance for Pre-Service Education
- Second Global Summit on HIV/AIDS, Traditional Medicine and Indigenous Knowledge
- Berkeley Conference on the Global Health Workforce: From Evidence and Research to Public and Health Care Industry Policy
- Task Shifting to Tackle Health Worker Shortages
- Where Have All the Workers Gone? The Extent of the Global Healthcare Worker Shortage, Why Workers are Leaving and Some Strategies for Addressing the Crisis
- Guideline for Incorporating New Cadres of Health Workers to Increase Accessibility and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy
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HRH Global Resource Center December Newsletter
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- Somalia and Saudi Arabia have been added to the geographic category.
- The GRC has published an original paper, Community Health Workers: a Review of Concepts, Practice and Policy Concerns.
- The Capacity Project in coordination with the GRC has produced a "Voices from the Capacity Project" that focuses on how the GRC is being used by HRH leaders.
- Are you aware that the GRC provides librarian support to anyone who has a question on HRH resources? To contact us for help or with suggestions, use our online form.
- News articles this month include:
- World Health Professions Conference on Role and Future of Health Professions Regulation
- African Health Care Worker Shortage: Forum on Private Sector Responses
- Demo Launches for iHRIS Qualify: A Health Professional Certification & Licensing System
- New Frontiers in Primary Health Care: Role of Nursing and Other Health Professions
- Health Human Resources: Connecting Issues and People 2007 Conference
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 1,529 resources. Ten of the latest additions are below including the Capacity Project publication, "Zanzibar Health Care Worker Productivity Study: Preliminary Study Findings."
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HRH Global Resource Center October Newsletter
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- The term Staffing Ratio has been added to the subject category.
- Israel, Singapore, Serbia, Czech Republic, Sierra Leone and Zanzibar have been added to the geographic category.
- The GRC coordinated a review of its resources and subject terms with 5 technical area experts to ensure the quality of the collection and taxonomic appropriateness. Based on their recommendations the GRC removed 7 resources judged to be outdate or not useful; added 16 resources on topics identified as critical for the collection; and modified the taxonomy to include better HIV/AIDS classification and is planning a reorganization of the Education and Training resources as well.
- The GRC was proud to post an HRH Leaders in Action Interview with Khamis Khamis, the Head of the Human Resource Division of the Zanzibar Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Tanzania.
- News articles this month include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 1,482 resources and has added 109 new resources this month. Ten of the latest additions are below including two documents the GRC now hosts for the Ministry of Health in Sierra Leone: "Sierra Leone Human Resource for Health Development Plan 2006-2010" and "Human Resources for Health Policy in Sierra Leone for the Ministry of Heath and Sanitation;" and two new Capacity Project publications, "Zanzibar Health Care Worker Productivity Study: Preliminary Study Findings" and" Developing the Health Workforce: Training Future Nurses and Midwives in Rwanda."
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HRH Global Resource Center September Newsletter
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- The terms Counseling and Testing and Mother to Child Transmission have been added to the subject category.
- The GRC was proud to post an HRH Leaders in Action interview with Malena Mohalenyana, the Director of Human Resources for the Ministry of Health in Lesotho.
- News articles since the last newsletter include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 1,375 resources. Ten of the latest additions are below including the new Capacity Project publication, “Developing the Health Workforce: Training Future Nurses and Midwives in Rwanda.”
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HRH Global Resource Center August Newsletter
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- The terms Coping Strategies and Home-Based Care have been added to the subject category.
- Romania, Togo, Guyana and Argentina have been added to the geographic category.
- News articles since the last newsletter include:
- Resource Spotlights include:
- The GRC currently has 1,355 resources and has added 143 new resources this month. Ten of the latest additions are below including two new Capacity Project publications, “Guideline for Incorporating New Cadres of Health Workers to Increase Accessibility and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy,” and “Guideline for Outsourcing Human Resources Services to Make Antiretroviral Therapy Rapidly Available in Underserved Areas.”
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