2nd of April 2025 11:00 – 13:00 (GMT)
Introduction
Health workforce governance is an enabler of effective health systems, by ensuring that the workforce is adequately planned, developed and supported to meet population health needs. Whether it is by increasing the volume of people working in key health professions, developing skills, designing new roles, transforming leadership or introducing innovative ways of working—effective health workforce governance can ensure that quality health services are accessible, equitable, efficient, affordable and available for all.
This seminar highlights the importance of health workforce governance for improved health outcomes through:
- Effective workforce planning and investment to address key gaps and shortages
- Enhanced workforce policy, decision-making, and accountability
- Improved performance and quality of care that meets population needs
Our expert speakers will explore the latest trends, innovations, and best practices in health workforce governance.
- How does the effective use of data and analytics can inform policy and decision-making?
- Which stakeholders are key in workforce policy and planning processes, and how are they meaningfully engaged?
- How can successful workforce governance reforms be leveraged to respond to common gaps, for example:
- increasing the education, employment and retention of health workers.
- addressing policy misalignment.
- creating effective service delivery models and multi-disciplinary teams; and
- strengthening regulatory capacity
Registration Link
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_I82Gn9TxT3GZ9KprC_J_Tg
Our Panel
Chair – Margaret Caffrey
Margaret is the Technical Director at Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET), for health workforce and health systems. With over 25 years of experience across Africa and Asia, she has led the design, delivery, and evaluation of workforce programmes, policy research, and professional development initiatives. She is currently the technical lead for the UK’s Global Health Workforce Programme, supporting multiple countries.
Dr George Kimathi
Dr George Kimathi is the Director,Amref Institute of Capacity Development (ICD). He provides overall leadership to Amref’s health workforce agenda in Africa. In this role, he provides strategic leadership focused on shaping the future of Africa’s health workforce and driving transformative leadership across health systems. He leverages novel training and education approaches, including optimizing digital resources such as artificial intelligence (AI) to develop fit-for-purpose health workers. He leads transformational human resources for health partnerships with various multilaterals, governments, foundations and the private sector.
Huma Haq
Huma Haq works at the Global Union Federation Public Services International, representing millions of health and care workers in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. As part of the health and care team, she works to organise and unionise health and care workers around the world, fighting for decent work, safe staffing levels and quality health and care services.
Olivier Onvlee
Olivier, MSc, is an advisor Health Systems and Human Resources for Health (HRH), with a research focus on strengthening health workforce governance and planning in fragile and conflict affected settings. His experience includes conducting a health workforce mapping and political economy analysis on workforce data governance in Northwest Syria; designing and implementing an evidence based workforce planning intervention in Niger; supporting workforce strategy development processes in Congo Brazzaville and Greece.
Cris Scotter
Cris Scotter is a seasoned health systems expert with extensive experience in policy development, systems improvement, and health workforce planning. Since 2009, he has held pivotal roles at the UK’s Department of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO), focusing on strengthening health systems across Europe and the Americas. Between 2017 and 2021, Cris collaborated with the WHO as a consultant and senior advisor, working closely with ministries, officials, and stakeholders within member states to bolster their capacity for developing sustainable health workforces. His efforts emphasized creating positive policy environments that view HRH as fundamental to achieving Universal Health Coverage.
Dr Tamar Gabunia
Dr. Gabunia is a medical doctor from Tbilisi State Medical University, holds an MPH from University of Georgia, United States. She has more than 20 years of experience working in health sectors in low-and-middle-income country settings fostering health system strengthening and TB, MDR TB-focused activities. She has spent the last 18 years in senior level management positions leading and supporting public health initiatives, including TB, Malaria, HIV, Primary Health Care, health financing, governance, and human resources. In 2019-2024 Dr. Gabunia hold the position of the first deputy minister at the Ministry for IDPs from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health and Social Affairs. Currently she works as a policy advisor at the National Family Medicine Training Center in Georgia.