
Posted by: Amy Hagopian, Senior Health Workforce Policy Advisor
Two Harvard researchers recently published a paper proposing that the WHO reduce its recommended target for health workers in each country. But we can do better than just telling poor countries to make do with less.… Read
Posted: Jul 26, 2010
Categories: Primary Health Care, Macroeconomic Policies, Public-Sector Health Systems

Posted by: Barrot Lambdin, Technical Advisor for Implementation Science
A lot happened at the conference this week. Secretary of State Clinton reaffirmed the shared responsibility to ensure universal access to HIV/AIDS services -- where will we be on this path by the next conference in 2012?… Read
Posted: Jul 23, 2010
Categories: Primary Health Care, Health Systems Research, HIV/AIDS, Public-Sector Health Systems

Posted by: Barrot Lambdin, Technical Advisor for Implementation Science
On Wednesday I attended a symposium on when HIV funding strengthens health systems. Panelists brought up lessons from countries, and talked about the need for HIV to be funded and also part of larger system efforts.… Read
Posted: Jul 22, 2010
Categories: Primary Health Care, HIV/AIDS, Public-Sector Health Systems

Posted by: Barrot Lambdin, Technical Advisor for Implementation Science
A session today ("Human resources: the ultimate bottleneck") included presentations on options for increasing the health workforce in sub-Saharan Africa to better support HIV/AIDS and other health services.… Read
Posted: Jul 20, 2010
Categories: Mozambique, Primary Health Care, Health Systems Research, HIV/AIDS, Public-Sector Health Systems

Posted by: Barrot Lambdin, Technical Advisor for Implementation Science
Breaking news here is about a trial of a microbicide gel for women that seems to successfully reduce the chance for HIV infection. Although more studies need to be done, we should start considering how this intervention can… Read
Posted: Jul 20, 2010
Categories: Primary Health Care, Health Systems Research, HIV/AIDS, Public-Sector Health Systems