HURAPRIM

Human Resources for Primary Health Care in Africa

 Coordinatore UNIVERSITEIT GENT 

 Organization address address: SINT PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 25
city: GENT
postcode: 9000

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Margo
Cognome: Baele
Email: send email
Telefono: +32 92643106
Fax: 3292643583

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Belgium [BE]
 Sito del progetto http://www.huraprim.ugent.be
 Totale costo 4˙260˙577 €
 EC contributo 2˙998˙725 €
 Programma FP7-HEALTH
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health
 Code Call FP7-AFRICA-2010
 Funding Scheme CP-FP-SICA
 Anno di inizio 2011
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2011-03-01   -   2015-05-31

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    UNIVERSITEIT GENT

 Organization address address: SINT PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 25
city: GENT
postcode: 9000

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Margo
Cognome: Baele
Email: send email
Telefono: +32 92643106
Fax: 3292643583

BE (GENT) coordinator 937˙474.00
2    THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

 Organization address address: University Offices, Wellington Square
city: OXFORD
postcode: OX1 2JD

contact info
Titolo: Ms.
Nome: Linda
Cognome: Polik
Email: send email
Telefono: +44 1865 289800
Fax: +44 1865 289801

UK (OXFORD) participant 528˙364.00
3    WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM(PTY) LTD

 Organization address address: "Blackwood Avenue, Parktown 8"
city: Johannesburg
postcode: 2193

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Shabir
Cognome: Moosa
Email: send email
Telefono: 27795170544
Fax: 27866134808

ZA (Johannesburg) participant 383˙742.00
4    MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

 Organization address address: KABALE ROAD PLOT 10 18
city: Mbarara
postcode: 256

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Francis
Cognome: Mugabi
Email: send email
Telefono: 256773000000

UG (Mbarara) participant 306˙425.00
5    UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA

 Organization address address: Private Bag
city: GABORONE
postcode: -

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Isaac
Cognome: Mazonde
Email: send email
Telefono: +267 3552900
Fax: +267 3957573

BW (GABORONE) participant 298˙532.00
6    UNIVERSITE DES SCIENCES DES TECHNIQUES ET DES TECHNOLOGIES DE BAMAKO

 Organization address address: QUARTIER ACI 2000 RUE 405 PORTE 359
city: BAMAKO
postcode: BP1805

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Drissa
Cognome: Diallo
Email: send email
Telefono: 22320214623
Fax: 22320214320

ML (BAMAKO) participant 243˙368.00
7    MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN

 Organization address address: SPITALGASSE 23
city: WIEN
postcode: 1090

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Manfred
Cognome: Maier
Email: send email
Telefono: +43 1 4277 65951
Fax: +43 1 4277 65959

AT (WIEN) participant 182˙840.00
8    AIDE AU DEVELOPPEMENT DE LA MEDECINE TRADITIONNELLE ASSOCIATION

 Organization address address: BOULKASSOUMBOUGOU RUE 448 PORTE 173
city: Bamako
postcode: RM

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Sergio
Cognome: Giani
Email: send email
Telefono: 22376131273
Fax: +22 320 242 904

ML (Bamako) participant 65˙092.00
9    AHFAD UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN

 Organization address address: ARDA STREET
city: OMDURMAN

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Mohamed
Cognome: Moukhyer
Email: send email
Telefono: 249918000000
Fax: 249188000000

SD (OMDURMAN) participant 52˙888.00
10    UNIVERSITE DE BAMAKO

 Organization address address: CAMPUS UNIVERSITAIRE DE BADALABOUGOU
city: BAMAKO

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Drissa
Cognome: Diallo
Email: send email
Telefono: +223 20214623
Fax: +223 20214320

ML (BAMAKO) participant 0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Multiple reports have documented the important deficit in human resources in health (HRH) in Africa. The causes are multiple and relate to a combination of underproduction, internal mal-distribution and inappropriate task allocation, working conditions and brain drain. The HURAPRIM-project will develop innovative interventions and policies and address the HRH crisis. The objectives of the projects are to analyze the actual situation of HRH in Africa, to understand the complexity of the causes for the actual shortages in primary health care, to test interventions, strategies and policies that may improve the situation and to maximise networking and synergies. In order to achieve these goals, the project will assess the scope of the deficit in human resources and analyse the process of recruitment, undergraduate and postgraduate training, professional retention and unemployment and this for a variety of primary health care workers. The known complexity of the problem will prevent us from applying a 'one size fits all'-approach. Therefore, the project consortium brings together three experienced and committed European partners and five African partners, representing different parts of Africa and specific situations in HRH. The designed interventions will be tested out through case-studies in these partner countries. The interventions will target different levels (capacity building, recruitment and retention, task differentiation and cooperation with informal sector/traditional healers), will addresses (in various degrees of importance) aspects at the micro-, meso and macro-levels and will be designed with involvement of all stakeholders, political authorities, NGOs and especially the local population. The frame of reference for the analysis will look at relevance, equity, quality, efficiency, acceptability, sustainability, participation and feasibility. Acceptance by policy makers, in close cooperation with stakeholders and of the local communities will be a main focu'

Introduzione (Teaser)

A scarcity in human resources in health (HRH) in Africa due to multiple causes is in need of intervention to prevent further decline.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

The EU-funded project 'Human resources for primary health care in Africa' (http://www.huraprim.ugent.be (HURAPRIM)) is developing innovative interventions and policies including also ethical dimensions to address the HRH crisis. The objectives are to analyse the situation of HRH in Africa, and to understand the complexity of its causes of deficit.

HURAPRIM partners will design interventions, strategies and policies to improve the situation and maximise networking and synergies. The project brings together three European partners and six African partners in five countries, representing specific situations in HRH. The designed interventions will be tested through case studies in the partner countries, tailored to each country's individual HRH situation.

Various research tasks have been performed to arrive at a better understanding of the scope and causes of the deficit in HRH. This research includes a review of the literature on existing human resources and participatory research with project partners. A confidential enquiry into maternal and child deaths in Mali and Uganda has also been performed and migrant health workers have been interviewed.

Systematic reviews of the research conducted have resulted in a paper that provides a summary of identified issues. At the kick-off meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, ideas and first proposals of possible interventions were discussed.

Thus far, findings have shown that there are clear economic and political restraints affecting health workers' issues and demands. Bad work conditions, low salaries and a very high work load are also leading causes of declining HRH.

At present, there are noteworthy policy decisions being made in South Africa with regards to National Health Insurance (NHI) and the re-engineering of primary health care (PHC). One of the ways this is being achieved is through the launching of ward-based PHC outreach teams. The city of Johannesburg has collaborated with medical research centres to identify 20 pilot sites. These 20 sites belong to the most impoverished areas.

The HURAPRIM project will contribute to discussions and policy actions on an international level. All of the scheduled interventions are directly anchored on actual health policy commitments and plans. This will guarantee the practical relevance of every achievement of the project.

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