Designing effective task-shifting programmes to address critical surgical healthcare workforce shortages

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The African Health Observatory Platform on Health Systems and Policies (AHOP) and the RCS England-LSE Global Surgery Policy Unit (GSPU) collaborated to organize a cross-cutting policy dialogue on addressing critical shortages in the surgical healthcare workforce through effective task-shifting programmes. The discussion brought together a wide range of stakeholders from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, and the United Kingdom, from various sectors including Federal Ministries of Health (FMoH), professional associations, international organizations, academic institutions, AHOP, health facilities, and policy makers.

Optimizing the Ethiopian Health Extension Program: policy options to address workforce challenges

The Ethiopia National Centre of the African Health Observatory Platform on Health Systems and Polices (AHOP) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) organized and deliberated a policy dialogue on “Optimizing the Ethiopian Health Extension Program: strategies to address workforce challenges”. In the dialogue, participants included representatives from the
FMOH, Regional Health Bureaus (RHB), International Institute of Primary Health Care-Ethiopian (IIPHC) WHO country Office, MOH, Ethiopian Institute of Policy Studies (EIPS), USAID Ethiopia, and Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA).