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Guiding principles for use of the health workforce framework |
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Process-related |
Principle |
Content-related |
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| Country-led |
Initiatives to improve the health workforce are carred forward by the country, rather than external partners |
Results-focused |
Health workforce strategies are aimed at achieving measurable improvements |
| Government-supported |
Commitment by the government to support actions that contribute to a sustainable health workforce |
System-linked |
Health workforce strategies are harmonized with relevant components of the health system (e.g. monitoring & evaluation, supply chain, finance) |
| Multisectoral |
Engagement by all sectors relevant to building the health workforce (e.g. finance, education, public & private providers, etc.) |
Knowledge-based |
Decisions are based on best available documented health workforce experience |
| Multistakeholder |
Inclusion of interest groups relevant to particular actions (e.g. NGOs, patient groups, professional associations, donor coordinating committees, etc.) |
Learning-oriented |
Uses monitoring & evaluation to identify lessons learnt and best practices to share within and outside countries |
| Donor alignment |
Donor support coordinated and aligned with country health workforce plans |
Innovation-prone |
Openness to exploring new solutions to overcome chronic health workforce issues |
| Gender-sensitive |
Gender differences accounted for in analysis and development of health workforce strategies |
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Dal Poz et al. Human Resources for Health 2006 4:21 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-4-21 |
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