Health Systems Development: A Focus on Health Service Delivery and Human Resources for Health

Beginner Level
2 weeks to complete
Flexible Schedule

Dr Sondus Hassounah

What You’ll Learn

Apply a root cause analysis approach in order to diagnose service delivery specific bottlenecks.

Critique strategies to mitigate global human-resources-for-health challenges to support evidence informed decision making for health system reform.

Skills You’ll Gain

Health Disparities Health Promotion Health Policy Social Determinants Of Health Health Systems Health Care Health Assessment Public Health and Disease Prevention Public Health

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Develop Your Specialized Knowledge

Learn new concepts from industry experts

Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool

Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects

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There are 4 modules in this course

This week you will learn about health service delivery, explore how to deconstruct the relationships between health service delivery and other aspects of the health system, as well as distinguish between strengths and limitations for different approaches used to transform health services

This week you will learn about various approaches used globally to transform health service delivery to respond to population need as well as how to use root cause analysis techniques to identify and diagnose health service delivery bottlenecks and analyse country experiences in transforming health services delivery.

This week you will learn about human-resources-for-health and familiarise yourselves with concepts such as supply, demand and need in the context of health workforce. You will also get a chance to explore the opportunities and challenges global human-resources-for-health face globally in the era of Sustainable Development Goals.

This week you will explore various frameworks, tools and approaches to address human-resources-for-health challenges globally, and you will have the opportunity to critique strategies to mitigate global human-resources-for-health challenges in order to support evidence informed decision making for health system reform.