Health workforce research and advice

WHO CC aims to improve health policy and service delivery in nursing and midwifery throughout Asia/Pacific by: technical advice, research, policy analysis, consultancy, advocacy, training and skills development. Some WHO CC recent projects in the area of health workforce research and advice are outlined below.

The Centre for Health Services Management was established to provide education, research and consultancy for those who are managing health services and to inform health policy at state and national levels.

Synthesis of evidence on strategies applied to optimize health worker roles (task shifting/sharing) to address MDG 5 in Small Island Developing States
Date: 2010-2011
WHO CC involvement: Professor Jim Buchan, Professor Christine Duffield, Dr Angela Dawson

Understanding the Pacific's adaptive capacity to emergencies in the context of climate change
Date: 2011-2012
WHO CC involvement: Professor John Daly, Professor Jim Buchan, Michele Rumsey, Stephanie Fletcher, Jodi Thiessen, Monica Sanderson and UTS Institute of Sustainable Futures

WHO Laos: Health worker incentives
Date: 2011-2012
WHO CC involvement: Professor Jim Buchan

WHO Cambodia: Health worker incentives
Date: 2011-2012
WHO CC involvement: Professor Jim Buchan

Health Workforce Research and Advice
Date: 2011-2012
WHO CC involvement: Professor Jim Buchan