VSO Nominated by WHO
02/02/2011 10:36:00
Based on the advocacy work in Cambodia, Malawi, Uganda and Sierra Leone, VSO will have a high profile at the WHO Second Global Forum for Human Resources. In response to this presence, the World Health Organisation (WHO) have commented on the success of VSO in getting short-listed for key events. They include:
Conference side events
Health Workers Speak – research and advocacy
Working Together – strengthening civil society capacity for advocacy
Both of these events are well supported by VSO partners and volunteers closely involved in the projects.
Awards for Excellence
Five of our human interest case stories have been short-listed by WHO for Awards for Excellence. The VSO case stories range from supervision of health surveillance assistants in Malawi, to LINKS tours from the Philippines, and the Malawi human resources information system.
Special Recognition Awards
We are very pleased that two of VSO's health workers have been nominated for outstanding and dedicated work in health.
VSO partners
Four VSO partners are fully-funded by WHO through the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA). The partners come from civil society organisations in our four advocacy countries – Cambodia, Malawi, Uganda and Sierra Leone. The funding is a good sign of support for our partners' work.
VSO Ireland currently have a number of Irish volunteers working in Health placements overseas. One of them is Midwife Diane Lockhart. Read an update from Diane here
Editor's notes
VSO Health Reports
VSO has invited the authors of the VSO Valuing Health Workers reports to the conference, so as to share their findings with policy makers from all over the world. Read these fascinating reports here:
'Ugandan Health Workers Speak: The Rewards and the Realities'
www.vsointernational.org/Images/ugandan-health-workers-speak_tcm76-30142.pdf
'Valuing Health Workers: Implementing Sustainable Interventions to Improve Health Worker Motivation in Malawi' www.vsointernational.org/Images/valuing-health-workers-malawi_tcm76-30143.pdf
'Valuing Health Workers in Cambodia'
www.vsointernational.org/Images/valuing-health-workers-in-cambodia_tcm76-30144.pdf
