A New Cadre of Health Worker: Meeting Health Organization Capacity Needs in East and Southern Africa and the United States via a leadership Development Fellowship program

J Gomez,B Bush,H Anderson

doi:10.1016/j.aogh.2017.03.091

Abstract

A New Cadre of Health Worker: Meeting Health Organization Capacity Needs in East and Southern Africa and the United States via a leadership Development Fellowship program

Highlights

This study evaluated acute obstetrical needs and the potential role for POCUS programming in the North East Department of Haiti
A yearly average 89% of supervisors at health organizations reported that fellows “contributed positively to the success of their organizations.”
Retention: Available alumni data from first three years (20122014) of fellows show 71% (n1⁄4150) continuing work related to public health, and 89% (n1⁄4133) of that subset continuing to work in Global Health Corps’ (GHC) country regions

Summary

Introduction

Building strong health systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals requires a human resources for health (HRH) strategy that recognizes and addresses non-clinical capacity gaps at health organizations. This study evaluated acute obstetrical needs and the potential role for POCUS programming in the North East Department of Haiti. Structure/Method/Design: Data was collected on all women presenting to the obstetrical departments of the two largest public hospitals in the North East region of Haiti: Fort Liberté and Ouanaminthe. Obstetrical history, suspected diagnoses, clinic care and outcomes were gathered using a standardized tool by trained study personnel.

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Conclusion