Category: Human Resource for Health
Policy Brief: Optimizing Human Resources for Health Towards Universal Health Coverage: Promising Policy Thrusts
Overview This policy brief describes the challenges associated with Human Resources for Health (HRH) optimization and highlights promising policy thrusts and optimization-enabling practices for health workforce towards achieving universal health coverage in Nigeria and other Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).
Policy Brief: Optimizing Human Resources for Health Towards Universal Health Coverage: Promising Policy Thrusts
Overview This policy brief describes the challenges associated with Human Resources for Health (HRH) optimization and highlights promising policy thrusts and optimization-enabling practices for health workforce towards achieving universal health coverage in Nigeria and other Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).
Why Strengthening Management Capacities at the Frontline Matters
Background Nigeria has a lower life expectancy (54 years) than other African countries, partly due to the country’s high under-5 mortality rate.[1] The Nigeria health sector is characterized by sub-optimal health indices, with a neonatal mortality rate of 34 deaths per 1,000 live births, infant mortality rate of 69 deaths per 1,000 live births, and…