... subject-domain, the other
on the basis of the structure of the data base
about it) there must be a relation between them.
The data base contains information which can serve
to answer queries formulated ...
I pointed out before that it would be unwise to
design a system which would directly assign the
meaning (3) tothe question (I). A more sensible
strategy is to first assign (I) the meaning ... analysis,
yielding an EFL expression; EFL -to- DBL translation!
simplification of the DBL expression; evaluation of
the resulting expression.
For the example introduced inthe sections II
and...
... in turn
adapted by the Ministry of Health, and used to register all
health workers in five provinces, providing information
on workforce capacities and gaps to be used in planning.
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Paris on the Mekong: using the aid effectiveness agenda to support
human resourcesforhealthinthe Lao People's ... convincing analysis of how new monies could be used
to fund pay increases inthehealth sector is now needed;
the MOH and WHO have already done some work in this
area [7]. Sector and inter-sector...
... from too much information.
READY?
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THE FOCUS TEST:
Who are you?
What do you do?
Why does it matter?
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THERE ARE 1,349 CAMERAS ON THE MARKET.
HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHICH ONE TO BUY?
BRAND
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HONDA
BMW
KODAK
GAP
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PEPSI
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The five disciplines of brand-building
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
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It’s a
PERSON’S gut feeling, ... HOWTO BRIDGE
THE DISTANCE
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BUSINESS STRATEGY
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A brand is not a product.
A VISUAL PRESENTATION BY MARTY NEUMEIER
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distributed. Although the countries inthe Southern hemisphere are not the main originators
of climate change, they may suffer the greatest share of the damage inthe form of declining
yields and ... the process of foreign investment in land and processing
industries. The policy of the host country is critical in determining the rules for such
investments, including standards for short, medium ... Meeting of Experts
in Rome in June 2009. The following document takes major findings of that meeting into
account and aims to serve as a basic background forthe High-Level Experts Forum on
“How...
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Human resourcesforhealth planning and management inthe
Eastern Mediterranean region: facts, gaps and forward thinking ... this
paper, which is to identify the information gaps (i.e. what
we do not know) on HRH inthe EMR. The information
gaps are discussed in two main thematic areas: manage-
ment and planning. These areas ... help reduce
the existing gap between the EMR and more developed
regions of the world. Despite our findings confirming that
the health workforce is a key factor in achieving popula-
tion health goals,...
... enumerate the stock of health facilities
(public and private) inthehealth sector in 2006; (2) enu-
merate the stock of humanresources (public and private)
in thehealth sector in 2006 trained to ... about the increasingly important private sec-
tor: effectively the government information about human
resourcesforhealthinthe sector as a whole will decrease.
Fourth, what of the future? The Indonesian ... paper
reports on humanresourcesforhealth and aims to
address the following questions:
• What is the stock of humanresourcesforhealth trained
to provide care and treatment for illness (doctors, nurses
and...
... the initiation of health sector reforms
in Georgia, investments in system building innovations
had not resulted in sustainable health gain: over the past
decade there has been a substantial increase ... needs,
thus the Government of Georgia has to make further
efforts to tackle thehealth workforce problems for public
health.
Conclusion
After ten years of health system reforms in Georgia, the
current ... Waal A, Wibulpolprasert
S: Humanresourcesfor health: overcoming the crisis. The
Lancet 2004, 364:1984-90.
Human ResourcesforHealth 2008, 6:8 http://www .human- resources- health. com/content/6/1/8
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... sampling frame of health facilities
and their staffing levels can be compiled in advance. This
would entail strengthening of routine administrative
human resources information systems, including the
completeness ... McPake B: Howtobridgethegapin human
resourcesfor health. Lancet 2004, 364:1451-1456.
6. Dubois CA, McKee M: Cross-national comparisons of human
resourcesforhealth – what can we learn? Health ... selected findings from the Assess-
ment of HumanResourcesfor Health, a survey project ini-
tiated by the World Health Organization and fielded in six
low-income and middle-income countries with the...
... costing in Mozambique and Guinea Bissau, with
the objective to provide an insight into the practice of costing exercises in information-poor settings, as well as to
contribute tothe existing ... tool. Within the MoH, the
HumanResources Department acted as the focal point,
providing linkage between consultants and other actors,
as well as punctual input inthe HRH costing. The MoH
Financial ... dollars
in 2006 to 400 million US dollars in 2015 in order to
accommodate the training targets, increasing steadily
over the years. The eight-fold increase inthe cost fore-
seen over nine years...
... hires
from training institutions in a year, the model multiplies
together the number of training institution students in
their final year of study from the prior year, the gradua-
tion rate forthe prior ... 2007) to forecast the annual number of health
workers inthe public sector workforce for each cadre
based on the annual inflows and outflows of each cadre in
the public sector health workforce. The ... but they can reduce
the size of the required increase in training enrolment,
especially for doctors.
Increasing training enrolment is the most expensive
option. It takes several years for training...
... in 1978 to 24.9% in 2008 and for foreign-trained specia-
lists from 29.7% to 21.5% in 2008, immigration and
entry into practice of foreign-trained physicians con-
tinues in sizeable ... and health equity [5]. Draining the HHR of
developing countrie s and compounding the difficulties of
delivering health care within them leads to a form of
“perve rse subsidy” from poorer to richer ... Canada and the
brain drain of health professionals from sub-Saharan Africa. Policy
Options 2006, 74-78.
9. Joint Learning Initiative: HumanResourcesfor Health: Overcoming the Crisis
Cambridge,...
... concerns. The core indicators for assessing the management of humanresourcesfor
health inthe public sector are given inthe following table.
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Cross-cutting problems concerning humanresourcesforhealth 17
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following table.
Table 5. Financing of humanresourcesforhealth (HRH): ... role inhealth workforce policy if there is a change inthe fi nancing
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assessing the political context of humanresourcesfor health, and of developing strategies for gaining support
for policies inthe area of humanresourcesfor health.
We suggest following the...