------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the FRIDAY BALCAO Read the Balcao Synopsis on the website http://www.goadesc.org/balcao/ ------------------------------------------------------
Dear Cybergaokars on Saligaonet, Friday Balcao the fortnightly discussion event to be held on 7th April on the occasion of World Health Day will focus on responses to the global health workforce crisis. The discussion will highlight the need for Health Workers, Managements & the Community to work together for health. Health workers - the people who provide health care to those who need it - are the heart of health systems. But around the world, the health workforce is in crisis - a crisis to which no country is entirely immune. The results are evident: clinics with no health workers, hospitals that cannot recruit or keep key staff. There is a chronic global shortage of health workers, as a result of decades of underinvestment in their education, training, salaries, working environment and management. This has led to a severe lack of key skills, rising levels of career switching and early retirement, as well as national and international migration. Solutions to this crisis must be worked out at local, national and international levels, and must involve governments, the UN, health professionals, non-governmental organizations and community leaders. There is no single solution to such a complex problem, but ways forward do exist and must now be implemented. Some developing countries have revised their pay scales and introduced non-monetary incentives to retain their workforce and deploy them in rural areas. Education and training procedures have been tailored to countries' specific needs. Community health workers are helping their communities to prevent and treat key diseases. Action must be taken now for results to show in the coming years. In Goa besides Goa Medical College which is manged by the Govt. there are the District & Cottage Hospitals, the Primary Health Centres (PHC)and the SubCentres all under the management of the Directorate of Health Services. There are also numerous Nursing homes, Hospitals and Clinics which are managed privately. What is the situation of the health workforce in Goa in terms of their education, training, salaries, work environment and management? How can the recently setup District Hospital Management Committees be effective in this context ? What role can the community play in the search for solutions ? The Balcao discussion will cover these questions and also evolve an agenda for action by citizens on the issue. Friday Balcao will be from 4pm to 6pm at the Goa Desc Resource Centre No.11 Liberty Apartments Feira Alta, Mapusa and is open to members of the public. We invite you to attend the Friday Balcao event but if you cannot attend, then please send your views and action plan suggestions by post to FRIDAY BALCAO Post Box 78, Mapusa 403 507 or by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] best wishes, Roland Martins ======================================= GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.goadesc.org ------------------------------------------------- Working On Issues Of Development & Democracy =======================================
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