Prepared by: Dr. Musa Ajlouni January, 2010 - World Health ...

Questions Findings Remarks (if any) Source and weblink (ifavailable)38. What percentage of totalaid to health this aboveamount represents?39. What types of HRHdevelopment activities aresupported by thedevelopment partners (i.e.policy/plan development,in-service training, preservicetraining,recruitment, incentiveschemes, etc)?1.Establishment theJordan NationalHRH Observatory2.Training ofcommunitymedicinedoctors(one yearprogram),(a) policy & plan development Yes ( ) No ( X )(b) pre-service training Yes ( ) No (X )(c ) in-service training Yes (x ) No ( )(d) recruitment Yes ( ) No ( X )(e) incentive schemes Yes ( ) No (X )(f) HRH information systems Yes ( X ) No ( )COMMENTS ABOUT SECTION 4g) other Yes ( ) No ( )If yes, pleasespecifyA Common Country Strategy (CCS) was prepared by WHO in November 2007 in partnershipwith national stakeholders to identify national challenges, priorities and strategic directions forWHO support in Jordan. The area of HRH was considered as one of the main challenges in thehealth sector. Challenges addressed in the CCS preparation included the followings:- Coordinating mechanism to bring together all actors/partners in HRH is lacking;- Existence of a comprehensive and well-integrated national human resources developmentplan is missing;- Operationalising the initiated national accreditation system of health professions educationis needed ;- Retention, management and performance linked continuing professional developmentneeds to be standardized across sectors.110