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- Title
Follow-up on commitments at the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health: Indonesia, Sudan, Tanzania : "A commitment is a promise, a promise is a debt".
- Authors
Dussault, Gilles; Badr, Elsheikh; Haroen, Hartiah; Mapunda, Martin; Tancarino Mars, Achmad Soebagja; Pritasari, Kirana; Cometto, Giorgio; Mars, Achmad Soebagja Tancarino
- Abstract
This study sought to assess actions which Indonesia, Sudan, and Tanzania took to implement the health workforce commitments they made at the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health (HRH) in November 2013. The study was conducted through a survey of published and gray literature in English and field research consisting of direct contacts with relevant ministries and agencies. Results show that the three countries implemented interventions to translate their commitments into actions. The three countries focused their commitments on improving the availability, geographical accessibility, quality of education, and performance of health workers. The implementation of the Recife commitments primarily entailed initiatives at the central level, such as the adoption of new legislation or the development of accreditation mechanisms. This study shows that action is more likely to take place when policy documents explicitly recognize and document HRH problems, when stakeholders are involved in the formulation and the implementation of policy changes, and when external support is available. The Recife Forum appears to have created an opportunity to advance the HRH policy agenda, and advocates of health workforce development in these three countries took advantage of it.
- Subjects
INDONESIA; SUDAN; TANZANIA; HUMAN capital; HUMAN resources departments; LABOR supply; POLICY analysis; MEDICAL personnel; CONFERENCES &; conventions; DEVELOPING countries; HEALTH services accessibility; MEDICAL care; HEALTH policy; PERSONNEL management; WORLD health
- Publication
Human Resources for Health, 2016, Vol 14, p1
- ISSN
1478-4491
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12960-016-0112-0