Global Health Workforce Alliance
Hosted and administered by WHO, the alliance is an open partnership dedicated to identifying and implementing solutions to the HRH crisis. Its core functions include mobilizing knowledge and learning in support of accelerating country action and solving global problems. Another task is disseminating information, communications, and advocacy on workforce challenges, tools, and methods. Finally, another function is harmonizing actors on the issues. Its work priorities include:
• Accelerating country work and capacity development through partnership with national leaders and stakeholders
• Harmonizing actors for workforce alignment to strengthen priority programs and broader health systems
• Building knowledge and stimulating learning on the issues
• Disseminating information and advocating HRH issues
• Addressing specific global workforce challenges
The alliance has identified a number of deliverables, including the development of national strategic plans on HRH, work on a GHWA framework of assessment tools and management guidelines, increased investments in education, a growing literature and body of knowledge on the topic, and solutions to specific workforce issues, such as migration. Several task forces and working groups have already started examining a number of topics, including scaling up education and training, negotiating a global code for best practice on international recruitment, and financing issues such as retention, education, and working conditions. The alliance has also sponsored a number of meetings and will meet as a whole in November 2007.
For more information, see www.who.int/workforcealliance
