One way to present HRH information is to develop HRH country profile. HRH country profiles would serve as a tool for systematically presenting the HRH situation, policies and management. Country profiles would also facilitate information sharing and cross-country comparison.
The establishment of a National Observatory is recommended to facilitate production, sharing and use of quantitative and qualitative information on HRH in order to support the development and implementation of the HRH policies and plans. One of the main activities of the National Observatory is to update periodically the HRH country profile.
The HRH country profiles are expected to help to monitor trends, generate regional HRH overviews, provide comparable data between countries and identify points for focused action in countries. They will also serve for a comparison of countries' responses to similar HRH challenges.
The HRH country profiles are expected to serve as a tool for systematically presenting the HRH policies and management situation, in a transparent and comparable way; communicating with and between policy -makers and stakeholders in the countries; strengthening the human resources information system in the country by establishing a baseline for monitoring and trend analysis and facilitating regional information sharing and cross-country comparative evaluation.
The HRH country profiles are expected to help to monitor trends, generate regional HRH overviews, provide comparable data between countries and identify points for focused action in countries. They will also serve for a comparison of countries' responses to similar HRH challenges.
Overview of the content of the Health Workforce Country Profile template
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1.1 Geography and demography. 1.2 Economic context. 1.3 Political context 1.4 Health status.
2. Country health system 2.1 Governance. 2.2 Service provision. 2.3 Health care financing. 2.4 Health information system
3. Health Workers Situation. 3.1 Health workers stock and trends. 3.2 Distribution of health workers by category/cadre. 3.2.1 Gender distribution by health occupation/cadre. 3.2.2 Age distribution by occupation/cadre. 3.2.3 Region/province/district distribution by occupation/cadre. 3.2.4 Urban/rural distribution by occupation/cadre. 3.2.5 Distribution by occupation/cadre.
4. HRH Production. 4.1 Pre-service education. 4.2 In-service and continuing education. 4.3 Health workforce requirements.
5. HRH Utilization. 5.1 Recruitment 5.2 Deployment and distribution mechanisms. 5.3 The work environment 5.4 Employment of health workers in the private sector
6. Governance for HRH 6.1 HRH policies and plans. 6.2 Policy development, planning and managing for HRH 6.3 Professional Regulation. 6.4 HRH information. 6.5 HRH research. 6.6 Stakeholders in HRH |