Comment on: Takata et al. Human Resources for Health, 9:14
Noncommunicable Disease and Applied Field Epidemiology Training Programs: An Opportunity to Build on Success (David Brown, 23 February 2009)
The complete Comment with References and Tables can be viewed at globalHEALTH.
Briefly, López and Cáceres [1] describe the Central America Field Epidemiology Training Program (CA FETP) and its role to help Ministries of Health (in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua) (Panama was left off the list of countries by the authors, but is listed on the CDC website [2]) develop, set up, and implement dynamic, public health strategies to improve and strengthen their public health systems and infrastructure. The authors note that CA FETP trainees have played an important role in responding to multiple public health emergencies including earthquakes, hurricanes, and outbreaks...
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Comment on: López et al. Human Resources for Health, 6:27
Reversing the medical brain: an alternative suggestion (John Lwanda, 28 November 2007)
This paper, which is aimed at donors and medical service planners, can be critiqued from historical, epistemological and ethical stand points.Historical: The paper ignores the significant, largely political in nature, medical brain drain under the one party regime of Dr Banda and the brain drain in the multiparty dispensation due to global economic factors.Epistemological: Both sets of brain drain periods have produced a pool of indigenous Malawi doctors living abroad. This is a significant resource - of surgeons, dentists, physicians,obstetricians and other specialties that is not addressed in the paper.Ethical: The paper does not address the paradox where 'USD 40,000' is available to foreign volunteers and international salaries are paid to 'expatriate' specialists - but these funds are...
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Comment on: Zijlstra et al. Human Resources for Health, 5:10
Applying the HRH Action Framework to the Proposed European Union Programme for Action on Human Resources for Health (Neil Squires, 06 June 2007)
At a recent meeting of the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA) and the Asian Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resources for Health (AAAH) held in Bangkok (28-31 October 2006) the HRH Action Framework was presented as a tool for analysing and supporting the strengthening of the national health policy response. The Action Framework has also proved a useful tool for assessing the policy completeness of the European Union's Programme for Action on addressing the Health Workforce Crisis, highlighting the utility of the framework as a tool for strengthening international as well as national analysis of key issues related to human resource planning. In December 2005, the European Commission adopted a Communication entitled a European Strategy for Action to address the crisis in human resources...
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Comment on: Dal Poz et al. Human Resources for Health, 4:21
Addressing health workforce issues in developing countries (Tasleem Akhtar, 20 November 2006)
I havee been concerned with health workforce force issues in Pakistan both in my previous assignment as Executive Director of the Pakistan Medical Research Council (PMRC) an autonomous organization under the federal ministry of health, Islamabad and now as Chief of Research and Academic Advancement in this private sector Academic Institution of Pakistan named Fatima Memorial System. In PMRC the concern was health research capacity in Pakistan, which is almost non existent and as a result whatever efforts are undertaken to promote research (which is the mandate of PMRC) there is not much impact. In my present assignment I am concerned by the overall lack of human resources in the health sector of Pakistan.Pakistan is listed as one of 57 countries with critical health workforce deficiency by...
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Comment on: Dal Poz et al. Human Resources for Health, 4:21
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Comment on: Takata et al. Human Resources for Health, 9:14
Noncommunicable Disease and Applied Field Epidemiology Training Programs: An Opportunity to Build on Success (David Brown, 23 February 2009)
The complete Comment with References and Tables can be viewed at globalHEALTH.
Briefly, López and Cáceres [1] describe the Central America Field Epidemiology Training Program (CA FETP) and its role to help Ministries of Health (in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua) (Panama was left off the list of countries by the authors, but is listed on the CDC website [2]) develop, set up, and implement dynamic, public health strategies to improve and strengthen their public health systems and infrastructure. The authors note that CA FETP trainees have played an important role in responding to multiple public health emergencies including earthquakes, hurricanes, and outbreaks... read full comment
Comment on: López et al. Human Resources for Health, 6:27
Reversing the medical brain: an alternative suggestion (John Lwanda, 28 November 2007)
This paper, which is aimed at donors and medical service planners, can be critiqued from historical, epistemological and ethical stand points.Historical: The paper ignores the significant, largely political in nature, medical brain drain under the one party regime of Dr Banda and the brain drain in the multiparty dispensation due to global economic factors.Epistemological: Both sets of brain drain periods have produced a pool of indigenous Malawi doctors living abroad. This is a significant resource - of surgeons, dentists, physicians,obstetricians and other specialties that is not addressed in the paper.Ethical: The paper does not address the paradox where 'USD 40,000' is available to foreign volunteers and international salaries are paid to 'expatriate' specialists - but these funds are... read full comment
Comment on: Zijlstra et al. Human Resources for Health, 5:10
Applying the HRH Action Framework to the Proposed European Union Programme for Action on Human Resources for Health (Neil Squires, 06 June 2007)
At a recent meeting of the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA) and the Asian Pacific Action Alliance on Human Resources for Health (AAAH) held in Bangkok (28-31 October 2006) the HRH Action Framework was presented as a tool for analysing and supporting the strengthening of the national health policy response. The Action Framework has also proved a useful tool for assessing the policy completeness of the European Union's Programme for Action on addressing the Health Workforce Crisis, highlighting the utility of the framework as a tool for strengthening international as well as national analysis of key issues related to human resource planning. In December 2005, the European Commission adopted a Communication entitled a European Strategy for Action to address the crisis in human resources... read full comment
Comment on: Dal Poz et al. Human Resources for Health, 4:21
Addressing health workforce issues in developing countries (Tasleem Akhtar, 20 November 2006)
I havee been concerned with health workforce force issues in Pakistan both in my previous assignment as Executive Director of the Pakistan Medical Research Council (PMRC) an autonomous organization under the federal ministry of health, Islamabad and now as Chief of Research and Academic Advancement in this private sector Academic Institution of Pakistan named Fatima Memorial System. In PMRC the concern was health research capacity in Pakistan, which is almost non existent and as a result whatever efforts are undertaken to promote research (which is the mandate of PMRC) there is not much impact. In my present assignment I am concerned by the overall lack of human resources in the health sector of Pakistan.Pakistan is listed as one of 57 countries with critical health workforce deficiency by... read full comment
Comment on: Dal Poz et al. Human Resources for Health, 4:21