Operations

HRH in Bank operations 1975-2002: The purpose of this section is to shed light on, and track, the treatment of health workforce issues under health sector investments by the World Bank and its African country borrowers and their project agencies. This section provides a detailed overview of health workforce activities carried out under Bank financed projects between the mid 1970’s through the end of 2002. One of the conclusions of the findings is that during this time, the Bank has not been deeply engaged in health workforce issues in its operations in Africa.  

Integration of HRH into Bank Lending Streams and Operational Priorities 2007 (Survey Results): Today, Bank operations are taking place in an environment increasingly influenced by the new Africa Region HNP strategy (2007), which finds strengthening the health workforce one of the greatest challenges to health care delivery systems in Africa. The Bank’s Africa HRH team has been instrumental in making HRH a priority issue in the new HNP Strategy, and is leading the dialogue on HRH across the Bank and providing technical assistance and support to Task Team Leaders in their efforts to integrate HRH into their operational work. Both the Bank’s Ministry of Health clients and its staff are increasingly placing health workforce issues on the agenda for policy dialogue, analysis, and action.