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Men who have sex with men often overlooked in Africa HIV and AIDS policies
Earlier this week I represented VSO at a conference about men who have sex with men and HIV in Africa. This was part of the annual ICASA (All-Africa AIDS Conference) pre-conference so had good attendance from important global decision makers. Very few international NGOs were present, and I was proud to demonstrate that… Read more »
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Malawi’s health workforce programme moves beyond emergency stage
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Government of Malawi recently carried out an evaluation of the Emergency Human Resources Programme (ERHP) in Malawi. DFID is a major funding partner of EHRP and much of VSO’s health programme in Malawi in recent years has been funded under… Read more »
VSO health reports for WHO forum
To coincide with VSO taking part in the WHO Second Global Forum on Human Resources for Health we have produced the following reports:
Ugandan Health Workers Speak: The Rewards and the Realities
A report that addresses the bad press received by Ugandan health workers and works with the health workers themselves to explore… Read more »
Global Forum on Human Resources for Health 2011
VSO will have a strong presence at the Second Global Forum on Human Resources, organised by the World Health Organisation, taking place in Bangkok in January. The last forum in 2008 resulted in the Kampala Declaration and Agenda for Global Action, which received wide international endorsement. It provided a framework for priority actions… Read more »
No health workforce, no health MDGs?
VSO supported two events at the MDG summit in September, where high-level delegates, policymakers and civil society organisations met at the United Nations Headquarters to address the critical question: “No health workforce. No health MDGs. Is that acceptable?”
The MDG Summit side-event was organised by the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA) and the Read more »
The best job in the world?
Sometimes I think I have the best job in VSO. Why’s that? It’s because I know that the work we do leads to long-term improvements on the lives of thousands of the worlds poorest people.
The Advocacy team here is at the centre of a web. We get news and stories from VSO staff from Read more »
