Health Workforce Observatories in Africa

Observatory Websites

WHO/AFRO’s regional Africa Health Workforce Observatory (AHWO)

Cameroon’s Observatoire National des Ressources Humaines en Sante du Cameroun (ONRHSC) - Note the resource for individual health workers to check their own information, and even submit it, including skills and competencies! Great feature to support for iHRIS countries; our new self-service functionality will facilitate this. You can also generate a complete list of MOH employees by department, and you can drill down to an individual record if you know the date of birth.

Malawi Health Workforce Observatory - This site is more nascent, with a good compendium of policy documents in the downloads section.

Mauritania’s Observatoire National des Ressources Humaines en Sante du Mauritanie (ONRHS of Mauritanie) - The key health and HRH policy documents are organized down the left hand side. Below them, there is a clear vision for services for individual health workers.

Please add other Health Workforce Observatory websites to this list.

Other Resources

Report of the Global Meeting of Human Resources for Health Observatories - This report summarizes the key conclusions of the Global Meeting of Human Resources for Health (HRH) Observatories: Evidence-informed Human Resources for Health policies – the contribution of HRH Observatories, which was held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 4 to 7 July 2011. It is one of the best and most recent outlines of the Observatory concept and some of the latest thinking from countries about the approach.