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KIT Dossier Human resources for health

Last update: Monday 29 July 2013

Text by Marjolein Dieleman
Development, Policy and Practice (DEV), Royal Tropical Institute

KIT has a wealth of experience in strategic planning and policy development in the area of healthcare workers in developing countries. This is based on years of applied research in Africa, Asia and Latin America with local partners. The Institute develops practical policy tools and helps both the government and the private sector to implement and assess human resource management. It also has a lot of experience with bringing important players on board such as ministries, civil society organisations and professional bodies associated with the medical profession. The Institute provides support and training to healthcare managers at both the national and regional level in the area of formulating and implementing human resource management. KIT also gives advice to various training institutes in developing countries.

Approach of KIT to HRH issues

KIT addresses Human Resources for Health issues internationally and at country level through policy advice and research, as well as capacity building, using a systems perspective.
KIT believes that HRH can only be appropriately addressed if the context within which health workers operate is taken into consideration. Our working principles are therefore to address HRH issues brought up by our southern partners in a multidisciplinary way, working with partners from the South and building on current experiences in the field. Our approach is rights-based, and gender and equity sensitive. We work in a participatory way, involving stakeholders within and beyond the health sector, and linking policy level with the operational level. We work especially to improve pro-poor services and therefore we focus on poverty pockets and fragile states. HIV/AIDS is considered as a specific factor in HRH issues. We assure that experiences in country support and research results are documented and shared.

Focal points

Building evidence for human resources for health

Developing policies and strategies for appropriate deployment and retention of staff, including managing exit from workforce

Research on equity on distribution of health workers amongst and within countries

Developing HR management systems focusing on individual countries

Advising on an appropriate skills mix

Developing strategies for stewardship in HR to enhance private-public partnership

Assisting in planning human resource strategies for change management to accompany decentralization and other reforms in the health sector

Institutional strengthening and capacity building of health institutes and individual health professionals

Facilitating social dialogue for International Migration of health workers

Team members

  • Yme van den Berg
  • Ankie van den Broek
  • Marjolein Dieleman
  • Jurriaan Toonen
  • Prisca Zwanikken       

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