anrep0607 - Health Systems Trust
anrep0607 - Health Systems Trust
anrep0607 - Health Systems Trust
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Resource Centre<br />
The Resource Centre assists HST staff and partner organisations to access relevant information<br />
and publications. During 2006/07 the centre distributed over 4 000 HST publications. The<br />
Resource Centre also responded to approximately 350 enquiries on HST reports, publications<br />
and other information.<br />
Human Resources for <strong>Health</strong> (HRH)<br />
HST’s collaboration with EQUINET and ECSA in the field of Human Resources for <strong>Health</strong><br />
(HRH) focused on the migration of HRH and its impact on equity and health in the East and<br />
Southern African (ESA) Region. An overview of current codes and protocols operational in ESA<br />
on, or affecting health worker migration, their scope and major policy content was produced<br />
together with a review paper on the distribution of costs and benefits of migration within<br />
and beyond the ESA region. These papers were discussed at a regional meeting of researchers<br />
and relevant stakeholders to inform a follow up programme of work. A presentation was also<br />
made to the plenary session of the ECSA Regional <strong>Health</strong> Ministers meeting from the work on<br />
migration undertaken by EQUINET with a view to contributing to regional responses to the<br />
HRH challenges posed by ongoing migration from the Region.<br />
Funder: Equinet<br />
Technical Support Facility<br />
The Technical Support Facility Southern Africa (TSF) was established in 2005 in order to improve<br />
access to quality local technical assistance to support HIV & AIDS programmes in the southern<br />
Africa region. The project funded by UNAIDS is led by <strong>Health</strong> and Development Africa (HAD)<br />
in partnership with HST and Crown Agents. HST supports the capacity development aspects<br />
of the TSF, and organised a workshop which brought together key stakeholders including<br />
international partners, consultants, country partners (mostly representatives from National<br />
AIDS Councils) and representatives from other regional TSFs from Africa and Asia to review<br />
capacity development work to date and outline a way forward. The workshop affirmed that<br />
effective consultancy requires both technical and process skills, and that the programme<br />
should aim to build capacity both among consultants as well as among country partners to<br />
strengthen short term technical assistance on this basis. The TSF website continues to be<br />
hosted by HST, and technical support is provided by HST to the management of TSF lists.<br />
<strong>Health</strong>-e News<br />
HST continued to provide support to <strong>Health</strong>-e news during 2006/07. In addition to the<br />
extensive coverage of topical health issues, highlights during this period included <strong>Health</strong>-e<br />
receiving a fellowship to cover the work of hospices, while radio reporter Mabutho Ngcobo<br />
was declared the winner of the national Vodacom radio features award. <strong>Health</strong>-e had also<br />
consolidated its management and funding since joining HST in 2005, and decided to establish<br />
itself as an independent section 21 company. The company was registered in November<br />
2006, and the transfer of all HST support and oversight was successfully concluded by the<br />
end of the 2006/07 financial year. Atlantic Philanthropies renewed <strong>Health</strong>-e funding for a<br />
further five year period.<br />
HEALTH SYSTEMS TRUST 30 ANNUAL REPORT 2006/07
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