Table 2 Guiding principles for use of the health workforce framework
From: Addressing the health workforce crisis: towards a common approach
Principle | Process-related | Principle | Content-related |
|---|---|---|---|
Country-led | Initiatives to improve the health workforce are carred forward by the country, rather than external partners | Results-focused | Health workforce strategies are aimed at achieving measurable improvements |
Government-supported | Commitment by the government to support actions that contribute to a sustainable health workforce | System-linked | Health workforce strategies are harmonized with relevant components of the health system (e.g. monitoring & evaluation, supply chain, finance) |
Multisectoral | Engagement by all sectors relevant to building the health workforce (e.g. finance, education, public & private providers, etc.) | Knowledge-based | Decisions are based on best available documented health workforce experience |
Multistakeholder | Inclusion of interest groups relevant to particular actions (e.g. NGOs, patient groups, professional associations, donor coordinating committees, etc.) | Learning-oriented | Uses monitoring & evaluation to identify lessons learnt and best practices to share within and outside countries |
Donor alignment | Donor support coordinated and aligned with country health workforce plans | Innovation-prone | Openness to exploring new solutions to overcome chronic health workforce issues |
Gender-sensitive | Gender differences accounted for in analysis and development of health workforce strategies |