This course focuses on the particular challenges faced by health services in less developed countries in the Asia Pacific Region and is provided in response to repeated requests from these countries for an intensive residential workshop which addresses their needs. The course will focus content in the following areas: workforce planning, education and training, workforce mobility and retention, leadership and management strategies for enhancing productivity and addressing the workforce needs for Primary Health Care delivery, NCD prevention and communicable diseases. The course will have a particular focus on policy development opportunities for addressing HRH needs and gaps both within specific country contexts and regionally.

Participants will be a combination of those invited by the HRH Hub@UNSW, students enrolled in Masters programs at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine and visiting overseas executives. Course processes will be a combination of presentations of HRH issues and the related current work of the HRH Hub and group discussions, where participants share their problems and potential solutions in group work. By the end of the course students will be aware of the most relevant and up-to-date approaches to managing human resources for health.