Functions

The observatory is to serve as a technical facility serving country networks and the regional forums and platform with information on HRH; it will monitor and share both positive and negative practices/experiences. The observatory will therefore be primarily based at country level, where the bulk of the work will be done, while the regional component of the observatory will focus on intercountry and regional synthesis of the HRH information and data. This information and these data will be disseminated to inform decisions and advocacy to maintain the HRH agenda at national, subregional, regional and global forums. The observatory will concentrate its efforts on using existing data, helping to disseminate them within countries and complementing the existing data by specific surveys/studies relevant to HRH development consistent within the health system context.

Six main functions of the observatory are envisaged as follows ....