Key findings of need-based health workforce requirements to address Africa’s disease burden and demographic evolution

9.75 million was the need-based requirement for health workers in 2022 and 11.8 million will be required by 2030 to effectively tackle the Region’s disease burden.

Health Workforce in the Africa Region, 2013 – 2022: Implications for the future

WHO AFROSTEPS From simple survey to a comprehensive surveillance tool of(NCD) risk factors designed for LMICS

Key messages • STEPS is a WHO tool designed to facilitate the surveillance of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by collecting data on key risk factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, dietary habits, raised blood pressure, raised blood glucose and population level salt consumption • The objectives of STEPS are to identify risk factors, monitor trends, and inform public policies by collecting precise and comparable data at the national, regional, or local level. • The STEPS consists of three main modules: a questionnaire on behavioural risk factors, physical measurements, and biochemical measurements, thereby providing a comprehensive range of information on NCDs risk factors. • Executing STEPS involves crucial stages, including planning, data gathering, analysis, and reporting, all of which contribute to ensuring the credibility and accuracy of the data collected. • Advantages of STEPS include standardized methods, data reliability, and comprehensive information on NCD risk factors, empowering countries to make informed decisions on public health and effectively guide their efforts in NCD prevention and control. • Since it first launches in the region, all countries in the Region have implemented STEPS at least once except Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau and South Soudan. However, only 24 countries have implemented the tool during the last decade, which makes it difficult to use recent data to fight against non-transmissible diseases more effectively. • No country succeeds to repeat the survey every 5 years as recommended by WHO

Knowledge Generation Workshops-May 2023 Report

All countries participating in the workshop had their capacity strengthened to produce knowledge products. At the end of the workshop, 34 knowledge products were finalized involving five distinct types: Analytical Fact Sheets, Knowledge Fact Sheets, Blogs, Policy Briefs, and Infographics. This attempt signifies a significant step forward in equipping NHOs with the tools and skills necessary to generate valuable knowledge products that can advance health information and evidence-based decision-making. The knowledge products touch on different health topics and issues from countries, as summarized below (Table 1). All countries planned the number and types of knowledge products to be developed from Quarter 2 2023 to Quarter 4 2024, which will be achieved with WHO/AFRO support (Table 2).

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iAHO Knowledge Production Workshops Report - September 2022

The main objective of these workshop was to train 11 selected countries based on NHO development status in the generation of a range of knowledge products (Analytical fact sheet, Knowledge fact sheet, Blog, Policy brief, Infographic and how to use various communication channels) that will support their decision-making processes.

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Due to the abundance of information and literature produced on COVID-19 in the world in general and in Africa in particular, the WHO Regional Office for Africa is publishing a weekly "Weekly COVID Literature Update" to highlight the most important literature. Each week we will select some articles per topic as well as reports and grey literature when available.

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Plan Stratégique de Développement de MPR 2019-2023

Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize Newsletter_April2021

Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize

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3. The effects of COVID-19 on persons living with hypertension- based on information as at 28 February 2021

2. Efeitos da COVID-19 em pessoas com hipertensão — com base na informação disponível a 28 de Fevereiro de 2021

Psychological toll of COVID-19 among healthcare provider— based on information as at 5 February 202

Repercussões psicológicas da COVID-19 entre prestadores de cuidados de saúde

Décret N°00204 du 07 mars 2003 fixant les condition de reconnaissance d'utilité publique des formations sanitaires privées à but non lucratif

Décret N°000209 du 13 mars 2003 portant les conditions d'habilitation et d'ouverture des établissements privés de formation professionnelle préparant aux carrières paramédicales

Ordonnance N°008 portant modification de certaines dispositions de l'ordonnance N°002 du 21 Août 2007 Instituant le Régimen d'Assurance Maladie Obligatoire en République Gabonaise

Ordonnance N°002/2007 instituant un régime obligatoire d'assurance maladie et garantie sociale en République Gabonaise

Plan Stratégique National Santé Environnement

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The effects of COVID-19 on persons living with hypertension- based on information as at 28 February 2021

Towards universal health coverage in the WHO African Region: assessing health system functionality, incorporating lessons from COVID-19

Conference on Sustainable Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorders in Africa by the Year 2000

Control of iodine deficiency disorders in the African region

Micronutrient deficiencies in Africa

Capacidade de resposta dos sistemas de saúde à COVID-19 – sistemas de informação sanitária — com base na informação disponível a 15 de Janeiro de 2021

Health workforce recruitment and retention for COVID-19 emergency management — based on information as of 31 December 2020

Recrutamento e retenção do pessoal da saúde para a gestão de emergências relacionadas com a COVID-19

Effects of COPD on COVID-19 — based on information as of 31 January 2021

Efeitos da doença pulmonar obstrutiva crónica na COVID-19 — com base na informação disponível a 31 de Janeiro de 2021

COVID-19 related mortality and morbidity among healthcare providers — based on information as at 14 February 2021

A mortalidade e a morbilidade relacionadas com a COVID-19 nos prestadores de cuidados de saúde

Indicators for the Global Monitoring Framework on Maternal_Infant and Young Child Nutrition

AFR-RC69-7 Strategic Plan to reduce the double burden of malnutrition

Accelerating Nutrition Improvements in sub-Saharan Africa (ANI): report of the baseline and end-line perception surveys in ten countries

Consultation on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in Africa

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COVID-19 response capacity with the health systems – health information systems — based on information as at 15 January 2021

Organização da prestação de serviços para a resposta à COVID-19 — com base na informação disponível em 25 de Dezembro de 2020

Service delivery organization for COVID-19 response — based on information as at 25 December 2020

Efeitos da vacina BCG na COVID-19 — com base na informação disponível a 25 de Dezembro de 2020

Effects of BCG on COVID-19, based on information as of 25 December 2020

Health system governance and management for COVID-19 response — based on information as of 12 January 2021

Governação e gestão dos sistemas de saúde para a resposta à COVID-19 — com base na informação disponível em 12 de Janeiro de 2021

Plano Nacional de Desenvolvimento da Saúde 2017-2022

EPI Plano Plurianual Abrangente 2016-2020 Togo

Ley de Salud Mental

5º Nacional da Namíbia Plano de Desenvolvimento (NDP5)

Política Nacional de Saúde 2015-2020

Lei n.º 09/2018 (Lei Básica da Saúde).

Plano de Desenvolvimento Nacional 2030

Plano Estratégico do Setor de Saúde IV

Eficácia de diferentes medidas de distanciamento na interrupção da transmissão da COVID-19 — com base na informação disponível a 18 de Dezembro de 2020.

Eficácia das diferentes práticas de higiene na interrupção da transmissão nosocomial da COVID-19 — com base na informação disponível a 1 de Dezembro de 2020.

Efeitos da COVID-19 na prestação de cuidados de saúde contra a tuberculose — com base na informação disponível a 9 de Dezembro de 2020.

Efeitos da COVID-19 em pessoas com tuberculose existente ou anterior — com base na informação disponível a 9 de Dezembro de 2020

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Aleitamento materno e COVID-19

Certificação médica, codificação da mortalidade por CID, e notificação da mortalidade associada à COVID-19

Effects of COVID-19 on people with current or previous tuberculosis — based on information as of 9 December

Effectiveness of different distancing measures in interrupting COVID-19 transmission — based on information as at 18 December 2020

Effectiveness of different hygiene practices in interrupting nosocomial transmission of COVID-19: based on information as at 01 December 2020

Effects of COVID-19 on tuberculosis healthcare service delivery — based on information as of 9 December 2020.

Estimativa da mortalidade da COVID-19

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Diagnóstico, terapêutica, prontidão de vacinas e outros produtos de saúde para a COVID-19

Considerações sobre medidas de saúde pública relacionadas com a escola no contexto da COVID-19

Prevenir e gerir a COVID-19 através de serviços de cuidados continuados: Resumo da política, 24 de Julho de 2020

Promoção de medidas de saúde pública em resposta à COVID-19 em navios de carga e navios de pesca

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Effectiveness of different hygiene practices in interrupting household and community transmission of COVID-19 – based on information as at 29 October 2020

Efeitos da COVID-19 sobre os diabéticos – come base na informação disponível em 31 de Outubro de 2020

Les effets de la COVID-19 sur les personnes atteintes de diabète – sur la base des informations disponibles au 31 octobre 2020.

Efeitos da COVID-19 em pessoas que vivem com o VIH – com base na informação disponível em 31 de Outubro de 2020.

Efeitos da COVID-19 em pessoas que sofrem de obesidade – com base na informação disponível em 20 de Novembro de 2020

The effects of COVID-19 on people living with obesity – based on information as at 20 November 2020

Catálogo do Sistema Global de Cadeia de Abastecimento de Emergência (COVID-19)

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Senegal Strategic Plan

strategic plans of Kenya 2010-2019

Legislations of Kenya 1983-2007

Policies of Kenya 2014-2020

planos estratégicos para Moçambique 2005-2020

leis de Mozambique 2006-2017

BRIEF ON CONTRIBUTION OF NURSES AND MIDWIVES IN HEALTH INTERVENTIONS - HIV AND AIDS PREVENTION, CARE AND TREATMENT

National Health Workforce Accounts: a Handbook

The NHWA contains a set of 90 core indicators, divided over 10 modules. The purpose of the NHWA is to facilitate the standardization of a health workforce information system in order to improve data quality, as well as to support tracking HRH policy performance towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC).To achieve this goal, NHWA fulfills the following objectives: • Generate reliable HRH information and evidence; • Enable the planning, implementation and monitoring of workforce policies towards UHC; • Improve the comparability of the health workforce nationally, regionally and globally; and • Enable research to be performed about future trends regarding health workforce, systems and resilience planning. NHWA is relevant for national, regional and global stake¬holders. In particular, it can enable countries to develop evidence-based policies and plans for their health workforce and better understand and present their health workforce (HWF) data.

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Sustainable Development Strategy 2012-2020

Strategic Plan 2013-2016 Non Communicable Diseases and Their Risk Factors

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Community Health Strategic Plan

Community Health Strategic Plan

National Health Policy

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National Health Development Plan 2015-2024

National Health Development Plan 2015-2024

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Efficacy of corticosteroids in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia

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Effectiveness of different forms of oxygen therapy for COVID-19 management: Rapid policy brief

Effectiveness of different forms of oxygen therapy for COVID-19 management: Rapid policy brief

Management of severe / critical cases of COVID-19 with non-invasive or mechanical ventilation: rapid policy brief

Management of severe / critical cases of COVID-19 with non-invasive or mechanical ventilation: rapid policy brief

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Effectiveness of use of chloroquine/ hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 case management: Rapid policy brief

Effectiveness of use of chloroquine/ hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 case management: Rapid policy brief

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Daily Update for 24 August 2020

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