OVERVIEW OF THE UPDATED WHO GUIDELINE ON HEALTHWORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ATTRACTION, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION IN RURAL AND REMOTE AREAS
The ACHEST Director of Health Workforce and Development, Dr. Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde participated at the symposium on the updated WHO guideline on health workforce development, attraction, recruitment and retention in rural and remote areas.
The virtual symposium was hosted on 13th May 2021by The Network: Towards Unity for Health (TUFH) and the World Health Organization. It started off in a plenary and then broke up into smaller groups for discussion.
Dr.Kiguli-Malwadde who is the TUFH Secretary General and AFREHealth Vice President reporting on what was discussed in her group, called for a multisectoral approach to health advocacy.
“Advocacy may vary from locality to locality depending on what the challenges are. But it should be multi-sectoral. This approach has its challenges but that is the way to go. Include all stakeholders. Issues of transport and financing should not be left to the ministries of health,” she said.
Commenting on research, Dr. Kiguli-Malwadde said “evidence is important and we should continue doing research in the rural communities to come up with evidence for advocacy.”