Health Equity: 08/20/08

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

[EQ] Vacancy Notice: Manager, Knowledge Management and Communcation - PAHO/WHO

Please note the following vacancy notice that has been issued: VACANCY NOTICE: PAHO/08/FT735

TITLE: Manager, Knowledge Management and Communication

Assignment: Fixed-term appointment

GRADE: D.1

OFFICIAL STATION: Washington, DC, U.S.A

ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION/UNIT: KMC

CLOSING DATE: 30 September 2008

For a copy of the vacancy notice: https://erecruit.who.int/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?jobinfo_uid_c=20175&vaclng=en

“….To establish the principles and practice of knowledge management and communication as fundamental to public health and a key component of technical cooperation and capacity building. As such, it oversees the equitable and efficient dissemination of health information and communications to priority audiences, especially in Member Countries, as well as PAHO's knowledge sharing processes and information and communications products. It ensures that PAHO is widely recognized as a source of authoritative scientific and technical information and safeguards PAHO's intellectual property against any use contrary to the Organization's mission and principles….”

This vacancy notice has been posted on the WHO Internet website at www.who.int
under the Employment section (bottom of the page).

All applicants are required to apply on line following these steps:

1) Access the Internet www.who.int

2) Click on Employment (bottom of page)

3) Click on Vacancies

4) Locate and select the vacancy # that you are interested in and click on More information to view the vacancy notice

5) At the bottom of the vacancy description, you will find three options:

New Applicants

Returning Applicants

WHO Staff

6) Click on the option that applies to you
7) If you are a New Applicant, the first step is to create your own personal account (see instructions below).

8) After getting the login and password, complete the personal history form on-line

9) Once you have completed the personal history form, you need to click on “Apply to current vacancies” & select the corresponding vacancy.

10) Please do not wait until the last day to apply for a vacancy.

New Applicant Instructions:

When requesting your personal profile, please complete and submit the required information. Please note that if a field does not pertain to you, it should remain BLANK; however, if a field is marked with an asterisk(*) it must be completed.

1. Be sure to include a valid e-mail address and password.

2. A confirmation of your registration will be sent to the e-mail that you provide as your username.

3. You will need to wait and check your email to copy the FULL link in the message into a new browser window in order to return to our site and complete your Personal History Form.

4. You may then access your personal profile, complete your Personal History Form online and apply to WHO and PAHO vacancies.

5. You may continue with the application process or return at a later time to complete the required information for application.

6. Please do not wait until the last day to apply for a particular vacancy.

Returning Applicants

If you have already created a profile in the e-Recruitment system, you do NOT need to register again. You will then select Returning Applicants and if you have already completed your personal history form, there is no need for you to do it again. If you wish to apply to a new vacancy, you will just click on Returning Applicants, enter your username and password, which will take you to your personalized page with all your information. At this page, you will then select Apply to current vacancies and follow the instructions provided by the system.

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This message from the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO/WHO, is part of an effort to disseminate
information Related to: Equity; Health inequality; Socioeconomic inequality in health; Socioeconomic
health differentials; Gender; Violence; Poverty; Health Economics; Health Legislation; Ethnicity; Ethics;
Information Technology - Virtual libraries; Research & Science issues. [DD/ KMC Area]

“Materials provided in this electronic list are provided "as is". Unless expressly stated otherwise, the findings
and interpretations included in the Materials are those of the authors and not necessarily of The Pan American
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[EQ] Human resources for health: a gender analysis

Human resources for health: a gender analysis

Asha George

Women and Gender Equity, and Health Systems, Knowledge Networks established as part of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health.
The work of the Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network - June 2007

Available online PDF file [57p.] at: http://www.who.int/social_determinants/resources/human_resources_for_health_wgkn_2007.pdf

“……examine gender dynamics in medicine, nursing, community health workers and home careers. It also explores from a gender perspective issues concerning delegation, migration and violence, which cut across these categories of health workers. These occupational categories and themes reflect priorities identified by the terms of reference for this review paper and also the themes that emerged from the accessed literature.

This paper is based on a desk review of literature accessed through the internet, search engines, correspondence with other experts and reviewing bibliographies of existing material. These efforts resulted in a list of 534 articles, chapters, books and reports. Although most of the literature reviewed was in English, some of it was also in Spanish and Portuguese.….”

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary

Background

Main Arguments

Key Policy Messages

Introduction

Evidence Base for this Review

Process of Literature Review

Limitations of Literature Review

Gendered Experiences in Human Resources for Health

Medicine

How is Medicine Feminising?

Occupational Gender Biases in Medicine

Stereotypical Gender Work Models

Nursing

Histories of Nursing

Delegation

Community Health Workers

Gendered Field Challenges

Field Solutions

Home Carers

Gendered Issues in Human Resources for Health

Migration

Violence

Gender Based Violence in the Health Sector

General Violence in the Health Sector

Summary Conclusions

References

This paper was written for the Women and Gender Equity, and Health Systems, Knowledge Networks established as part of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health. The work of the Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network was funded by a grant from the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs through the World Health Organisation, the Swedish National Institute of Public Health and the Foundation of Open Society Institute (Zug). The work of the Health Systems Knowledge Network was funded by a grant from the World Health Organisation and the International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada. The views presented in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the decisions, policy or views of IIMB, KI, IRDC, WHO, Commissioners, the Women and Gender Equity Knowledge Network or the reviewers.

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[EQ] Access Transformed: Building a Primary Care Workforce for the 21st Century

Access Transformed: Building a Primary Care Workforce for the 21st Century

National Association of Community Health Centers – August 2008

Available online PDF [40p.] at: http://www.nachc.com/client/documents/ACCESS%20Transformed%20full%20report.PDF

“…..Pressure to reform the U.S. health care system is mounting in the face of growing numbers of uninsured individuals, widening health care disparities, and the rising cost of care – factors that fuel increasingly restricted access to needed health care for millions of people. Yet the success of any health reform effort will entail more than achieving universal insurance coverage; it must include a robust and evenly distributed primary care workforce, along with adequate safety net infrastructure and financing for those who are medically underserved. The national trend so far indicates we are not only falling short of that goal, but retreating from it.

Indeed, what we face is a crisis of distribution in terms of the primary care workforce to meet local health needs. In short, there are not enough doctors, nurses, and other primary care professionals in the communities where they are most needed. The current supply of primary care professionals is already being outpaced by rising demand, and our national health care system is notorious for providing America’s most vulnerable and chronically ill limited access to primary health care….”

Press Release: http://www.nachc.com/pressrelease-detail.cfm?pressreleaseID=304

You can now listen to the audio news conference on the report, ACCESS TRANSFORMED: Building a Primary Care Workforce for the 21st Century.
The report was issued by NACHC, George Washington University, and the Robert Graham Center.

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