Table 2 Policy tracing and historical timeline of HRHIS-related development, initiatives, and key milestones (2000–2022)
Before 2000 Pre-formation Phase | 2000–2004 Formation Phase | 2005–2010 Inception Phase | 2011–2015 Evaluation Phase | 2016–2022 Alignment Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alma Ata Declaration (1978) of Health for All | WHO Rapid Assessment of Human Resources for Health (2004) | Management Sciences for Health (MSH) Human Resources Management Rapid Assessment Tool (2005) | Second Global Forum on HRH in Bangkok (2011) | HRH2030 (2016–2021)—USAID/PEPFAR global HRH project |
Global Observatory for HRH data (1990) | Joint Learning Initiative Report: Overcoming the Crisis (2004) | Capacity and CapacityPlus (2004–2015), first USAID global HRH projects; developed and established iHRIS (open-source, web-based standards); launched HRH Action Framework (2009) | Third Global Forum on HRH in Recife (2013); 68 countries vow to improve HRH | Global Strategy on HRH: Workforce 2030 (WHA 69.19—2016), which accelerated results for NHWA and report on Global Health Observatory |
WISN developed (1998) | PEPFAR launched in 2003; limited effectiveness without data about health workers, leading to the first global HRH project | World Health Report 2006 describes crisis in health workforce | WHA 67 adapted Recife Declaration (May 2014) | High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Group Report (UN High Commission Report on investing in health workers and need for information, 2016) |
|  |  | First Global Forum on HRH in Kampala (2008) |  | Fourth Global Forum on HRH in Dublin (2017)—launch of the NHWA |
|  |  | DHIS2 first release, 2008 by HISP; open source, web-based for service statistics |  | Working for Health 2017–2021 Action Plan |
|  |  |  |  | Working for Health 2022–2030 Action Plan |