This report highlights human resources initiatives taken in 2017, including advances made in the implementation of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (PASB) human resources strategy known as the “People Strategy” for 2015-2019, 1 and provides statistics on trends in the workforce of PASB. (AU)...
Introduction 1. The Staff Regulations of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (PASB) may be supplemented or amended by the Directing Council or the Pan American Sanitary Conference of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) pursuant to Staff Regulation 12.1. 2. In accordance with Staff Rule 020, the Staf...
In introducing this document, we wish to reiterate the commitment of the staff and the Association to the vision, mission, and values of the Organization. We are always mindful that the values of equity, excellence, solidarity, respect, and integrity should guide our actions and inspire new generations t...
In Resolution XXV adopted at its XIV Meeting, the Directing Council requested that the Director study the opportunities for interchange of teaching and other health personnel among countries. The report, prepared at the request of the Council with the expert advice of a consultant in this field, summariz...
During the course of the 50th Meeting of the Executive Committee, the Representative of Mexico emphasized that the Organization should increase its assistance to the countries in the training of the auxiliary personnel. The shortage of auxiliary personnel was a problem which would become more and more ac...
During the course of the 50th Meeting of the Executive Committee, it was emphasized that the Organization should increase its assistance to the countries in the training of auxiliary personnel. The shortage of auxiliary personnel was a problem which would become more and more acute as the countries of La...
Resolution XXXII, approved at the XXV Meeting of the Directing Council (1977), recommended application of the Medium-Term Program for the Development of Human Resources and requested the presentation of periodic progress reports on it. This document covers the first 30 months of implementation of the Pro...
For more than forty years Primary Health Care (PHC) has been recognized as the cornerstone of an effective and responsive health system. The Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978 reaffirmed the right to the highest attainable level of health, with equity, solidarity and the right to health as its core values. It ...
The objective of human resources for health (HRH) planning is to equip governments with the information and tools they require to determine the health workforce needed to meet the needs of the population, both now and in the future. With HRH representing the largest portion of the health care budget in m...
INTRODUCTION: During the past half century, the focus of development of human resources for health (HRH) has evolved from increasing the numbers of conventional health personnel, through efforts to improve the education of all health workers, to current attempts to increase their effectiveness and the qu...
