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Building a Road Map for Strengthening the Caribbean Health Workforce 2012 – 2017 High Level Meeting on Human Resources for Health in the Caribbean Bridgetown, Barbados March 19-20, 2012. Charles Godue, Coordinator Human Resources for Health. Why a regional Road Map?.
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Building a Road Map for Strengthening the Caribbean Health Workforce2012 – 2017High Level Meeting on Human Resources for Health in the CaribbeanBridgetown, BarbadosMarch 19-20, 2012 Charles Godue, Coordinator Human Resources for Health
Why a regional Road Map? The Road Map will provide a framework to guide HRH national policies, stakeholder actions and cross-country collaboration toward achieving the CCHIII CAR HRH Working Group for the Road Map
From the perspective of the Region of the Americas The 2005 Toronto Call to Action for a Decade of Human Resources for Health (the regional network of HRH Observatories) PASC 2007: Twenty Regional Goals for HRH and their assessment DC 2010: Strategy for health personnel competency development in PHC-based health systems “Sub-regional” HRH policies and technical working groups (CAM, ANDEAN, UNASUR, MERCOSUR)
The objectives of the Meeting To discuss and contribute to the development of a regional Road Map to strengthen the Caribbean Health Workforce 2012-2017 To identify key elements of a strategy for its communication, adoption and implementation
Some principles of the Road Map The Road Map should build on the history and current HRH policies, initiatives and achievements The Road Map should bring together relevant government sectors, institutions, agencies and stakeholders committed to HRH development The Road Map should respond to critical challenges to the health and well-being of the Caribbean population and to desired changes in the health systems In other words, the Road Map should be relevant, collaborative, realistic and have political traction
The structure of the proposed Road Map • The duration of the Road Map is 5 years, 2012 -2017; • The focus are on: • Governance • Education and training • It builds on synergies between regional and national levels
About our meeting The agenda Diffusion through livestream; interviews Creation of a web page Most importantly, the participants…