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She will assume the role on April 1, 2026.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Bear joins Jhpiego with 25 years of experience in the global health sector, most recently serving as founder and CEO of the Baltimore-based public health consultancy Vennhealth. Throughout her career, she has led strategic and evaluative initiatives that have shaped major global health programs and investments. Notable achievements include revising USAID’s maternal and child health investment frameworks to align with the Sustainable Development Goals, evaluating USAID’s flagship maternal and child health program, and designing a $1 billion successor strategy. In addition, she led the evaluation of the $3.5 billion Feed the Future nutrition portfolio, providing evidence that informed its Congressional reauthorization.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The throughline of Allyson’s professional trajectory has been a profound commitment to alleviating human suffering and promoting human dignity and health for all—a background that aligns deeply with Jhpiego’s longstanding mission to provide access to lifesaving health care where it is needed most,” said Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels in an email to the Johns Hopkins University community. “She brings a proven track record in strategic growth, innovation, and resource mobilization across the global health, economic development, and humanitarian sectors.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Bear began her career focused on global market shaping and scale-up efforts, starting with Gavi’s PneumoADIP and Hib Initiative, where she provided technical assistance to Ministries of Health for vaccine rollout and impact evaluations. From 2009 to 2015, she worked at USAID, leading the development of flagship U.S. Government health initiatives. She has also held leadership positions at Corus International and Abt Associates, managing global health and economic development portfolios across West Africa, francophone Central Africa, North Africa, and the Middle East. 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ITNs provide effective protection against malaria and have been shown to reduce malaria illness and death in high-burden settings. These protective benefits are especially important for pregnant women, not only because they are at greater risk of malaria infection and symptomatic malaria disease than non-pregnant adults, but because malaria in pregnancy contributes to maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the Ministry of Health’s commitment, access to and use of ITNs has been relatively low, with only a little over half of pregnant women receiving ITNs during their antenatal care in 2018. 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Johnson visited Dagweh Clinic in Bomi County in the northwestern part of Liberia, one of the 400 health facilities supported by Jhpiego in Liberia.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I visited the clinic,” she said, “and they gave me a check-up, and told me I was pregnant, so they gave me a mosquito net for me to sleep under to prevent myself and my unborn child from getting malaria…. I do not have malaria. I sleep sound at night. I do not have any sickness in my body… I have not had malaria because I always sleep under the net, every night. To take care of the mosquito net, I wash it with bathing soap once a month, hang it up, and when it dries, I hang it back up above my bed before I sleep under it.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Efforts such as these are having an effect, one woman at a time. 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But this is just one of many misconceptions about self-care that exist: that midwives and other health care providers are opposed to individuals, families and communities preventing disease and coping with illness with \u003Cem>or without\u003C/em> their support. Not true. And neither are a whole host of \u003Cstrong>common misconceptions\u003C/strong>, such as:\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Self-care is just for patients.\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cstrong>The facts:\u003C/strong> More than half of midwives surveyed in Rwanda reported that self-care is for patients—and not for them. The mindset that says, “I should be able to cope. . . I don’t have time for self-care. . . I need to do other things first” comes at a cost. A review of care providers in sub-Saharan Africa reveals midwives experience high rates of burnout, along with emotional exhaustion and other physical issues.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Health care providers need to take their own health off the backburner and walk the talk by practicing self-care in addition to promoting it to patients. Self-care should be integrated with occupational health and safety in workplaces. Employee wellness programs can also address self-care by health care providers.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Taking care of ourselves is selfish and takes too much time.\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cstrong>The facts:\u003C/strong> The survey of Rwandan midwives reveals that 79% of respondents don’t have time to take care of themselves. In a typical week, self-care is almost nonexistent, not just the practice of it, but even discussions about it among providers who worry, “What will others think about us if we’re practicing self-care when we have patients who are in pain?”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A midwife’s busy schedule does not negate the need for self-care. Even short breaks can help prevent poor health and exhaustion—ultimately resulting in better patient care.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Self-care diminishes the provider’s role.\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cstrong>The facts:\u003C/strong> The majority of health care happens \u003Cem>outside\u003C/em> of the health system. In fact, helping patients to learn and practice self-care improves the quality of antenatal, delivery, postpartum and newborn care.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Midwives partner with patients to ensure that they know about and have access to evidence-based self-care strategies such as digital health apps. As patients take ownership of their health, midwives can better focus time and attention on patients’ greatest needs.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u003Ca href=\"https://www.who.int/\">World Health Organization \u003C/a>defines self-care as “the ability of individuals, families and communities to promote health, prevent disease, maintain health, and to cope with illness and disability with or without the support of a healthcare provider.” According to this definition, self-care includes “health promotion; disease preventions and control; self medication; providing care to dependent persons; seeking hospital/specialist care if necessary; and rehabilitation including palliative care.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Chr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"/>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Midwives-Support-Self-Care_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3042\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Midwives-Support-Self-Care_2.jpg 1024w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Midwives-Support-Self-Care_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Midwives-Support-Self-Care_2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Midwives-Support-Self-Care_2-810x540.jpg 810w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Midwives-Support-Self-Care_2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Midwives-Support-Self-Care_2-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Self-care is a substitute for the health system.\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cstrong>The facts: \u003C/strong>Self-care is not an “either or” proposition, and not a default mode, where patients either have access to the full services of a health system or have to practice self-care. Self-care is not a work-around.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strong health systems recognize that self-care is an essential part of the system. Strong health systems support providers to ensure that their patients have the knowledge, tools and resources to promote and maintain their physical and mental health, prevent illness and continue to care for themselves before and after they’ve left the facility.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Self-care is whatever makes you feel better.\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cstrong>The facts:\u003C/strong> Not all ways of relaxing qualify as self-care, which, by definition, has to have a positive impact on one’s health. For example, studies reveal that some countries have a high percentage of cigarette smoking among health care workers, even higher than the general population. Smoking or drinking to relieve stress or to feel less anxious may bring short-term relief but aren’t self-care.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unwinding with healthy behaviors, such as yoga and physical exercise, is self-care and has been shown to prevent emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, two chief components of burnout.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Self-care is free.\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cstrong>The facts: \u003C/strong>While some interventions, such as performing a breast self-exam, are free, or help to cut health care costs, that’s not true for all self-care measures. Approaches such as self-sampling for the human papillomavirus that causes cervical cancer have costs associated with the sampling kit and the time it takes midwives to instruct patients about its proper use.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It’s important that the costs of self-care are not shifted to patients and that health care providers’ time is compensated. Self-care can help health systems to save money, but the approaches DO have costs that need to be included in health budgets.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Self-care is important, but only during the pandemic.\u003C/strong>\u003C/h4>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cstrong>The facts:\u003C/strong> Thanks to COVID-19, there’s a big buzz about self-care, as in hand washing, monitoring symptoms and using digital platforms during lockdowns to minimize the need to visit facilities. The pandemic has demonstrated that patients can safely practice self-care in the privacy of their homes by using evidence-based tools and approaches, thus reducing their risk of infection.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Self-care, which has existed for millennia and will continue to exist after the pandemic ends, is for everyone at all times. COVID-19 has created a critical opportunity to chart a new frontier in health care. Midwives can take what we’ve learned about the benefits of self-care and strengthen the policy and regulatory environment for self-care interventions.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cstrong>Now that you know the facts\u003C/strong>, midwives invite you to join them in a \u003Ca href=\"https://www.psi.org/project/self-care/\">global self-care movement\u003C/a> that aims to educate people about the benefits of self-care, bridge the gap between the knowledge and practice of self-care, champion government policies that integrate self-care approaches into health programming and call for increased funding from governments and donors for self-care interventions.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cem>Excerpted and adapted from \u003Ca href=\"https://www.psi.org/project/self-care/midwives-dispel-common-myths-about-self-care/\">an article \u003C/a>originally written for the Self-Care Trailblazer Group by Angelique Mugirente, Program Officer, Jhpiego; Nanuka Thapa, Senior Program Officer, Jhpiego; Vusi Ndaba, Project Officer, Jhpiego; and Yvonne Delphine Nsaba-Uwera, University of Rwanda School of Nursing and Midwife.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n","\u003Cp>Devoted to partnering with women—to being “with women,” which is the very meaning of midwife—midwives are keen to showcase the ways in which their role upholds and promotes self-care.\u003C/p>\n","midwives-support-self-care","https://jhpiego.org/our-stories/p/midwives-support-self-care/","/our-stories/p/midwives-support-self-care/","2021-10-19T18:27:05","2025-08-06T13:44:43",{"id":994,"src":995,"width":996,"height":997,"alt":21,"caption":21,"title":998,"description":21,"mimeType":24,"html":999,"srcset":1000,"sizes":1001,"meta":1002,"acf":1051},3043,"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Midwives-Support-Self-Care_3.jpg",4096,2731,"Midwives Support Self Care_3","\u003Cimg width=\"4096\" height=\"2731\" 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projects.\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a global leader in the business of saving lives and transforming futures in the world’s most challenging places, Jhpiego, as you might imagine, is working overtime—and enlisting new talent. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid the COVID-19 pandemic’s devastating impact on the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, Jhpiego is looking to the next generation to share ideas, energy and passions as they focus on resolving societal concerns important to them. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through the aptly named Changemakers curriculum, Jhpiego is building partnerships with high schools across the United States. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"353\" src=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/drawing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8661\" style=\"width:191px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/drawing.jpg 247w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/drawing-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" />\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image courtesy of RPCS.\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hands-on, service-learning curriculum was created and refined with formalized input from students. Then, Roland Park Country School (RPCS) teacher Sarah Pope classroom-tested the curriculum as a seminar for tenth graders. All gave it such an emphatic thumbs-up that, starting this fall, RPCS is requiring freshmen to participate in the program. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cem>Changemakers is about creative activism, which basically is using your own preferred form of media or art to enact change.”\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ccite>Sophie Siadatpour, chair of the student steering committee that weighed in on the curriculum as it was created, now a freshman at University of California Santa Barbara.\u003C/cite>\u003C/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Changemakers aligned with our belief that young women who build each other up will thrive,” Pope said. “Students gained a greater sense of issues related to women and girls within health systems, especially in developing regions around the world. Through exposure to stories that highlight the necessity of innovation and energy, the students became inspired to take action while learning the skills and tools needed to do so.” \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pope mentored the young women to become creative activists, producing projects that questioned existing power structures and called for reform. Among her favorites: \u003Ca href=\"https://linktr.ee/notallqueenswearcrowns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Not All Queens Wear Crowns\u003C/a>, a podcast for which students interviewed inspirational women; and a public service announcement about gender discrimination in health care: \u003Ca href=\"https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F1e99i2Xi8c0S2g7kd7TpwIwf5SnLFHvSy%2Fview&data=04%7C01%7CMaryalice.Yakutchik%40jhpiego.org%7Cefd2304b791e495b87fb08d976c4b616%7C26ef7fd22a7f4135a2e4de9acf168b2a%7C0%7C0%7C637671410686335969%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=rYEXtJ4f2NHM4qSXjADpcJOPRd80gl6vQLIofNgHO7E%3D&reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We are not numbers in your system\u003C/a>. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not surprisingly, the idea for Changemakers was born in the places where Jhpiego works. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jhpiego board member Michele Brennan (who, with husband Kent Alterman, received the Elyse Bila Ouedrago Award at Jhpiego’s Laughter Is the Best Medicine Gala in 2016) visited Kenya several years ago and learned about a strategy that Jhpiego was using in informal settlements to  reduce maternal and infant deaths. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"661\" src=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Michele_Brennan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1470\" style=\"width:269px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Michele_Brennan.jpg 574w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Michele_Brennan-261x300.jpg 261w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Michele_Brennan-469x540.jpg 469w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Michele_Brennan-375x432.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" />\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Jhpiego team had identified a root problem that kept women from giving birth in health facilities with skilled attendants: gang members were preying on community members. Competent health care providers and clean, well-equipped facilities were necessary, but not enough. Women also required safe passage to clinics and hospitals. The team’s solution was to talk to gang members and offer employment to them, including transporting women to health facilities. The strategy worked. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cem>We were able to research and explore how different teenagers around the world are impacted by possibly being uneducated about matters involving their health.”\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\u003Ccite>RPCS students Makenzie P. and Blessing D., who presented “Factors that Influence Adolescent Health,” which focused on teen pregnancies.\u003C/cite>\u003C/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brennan, a mother of two, was awestruck by this creative and holistic approach to improving health, “It is certainly what I want my children to grow up learning, that not every solution is obvious.” \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jhpiego’s human-centered design approach to global health, field-tested for decades in the real world, belonged in classrooms, she thought. That way, young people would learn how to think and ultimately make an impact. The notion crystalized during a discussion with Jhpiego board member Cara Moreno, a mother of four who witnessed Jhpiego at work during a trip to Tanzania. Moreno was impressed that HIV screening was offered in a back corner of a farmers market, allowing women to discreetly duck in for testing.  \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Cara_Moreno.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2588\" style=\"width:410px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Cara_Moreno.jpg 600w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Cara_Moreno-300x300.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Cara_Moreno-150x150.jpg 150w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Cara_Moreno-540x540.jpg 540w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Cara_Moreno-375x375.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" />\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cara Moreno, BSBA, MBA, managing director of MediaTech Advisors.\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two board members spearheaded an effort to develop a curriculum that would be relevant to students, and free for schools. Rock Your World, which specializes in project-based curriculum writing, worked with Jhpiego experts and students to develop the interactive learning materials.   \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s really embedded in kids today to want to be a part of the change and have impact,” Moreno said. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Changemakers was built to be adaptive and flexible so it can be conducted by clubs and as a school seminar or class. The curriculum is rich with lessons that students can carry with them throughout life.  \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> “It’s 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lack of gender balance at every level of health leadership is detrimental—health systems lose female talent, perspectives, and knowledge because of it. The World Health Organization (WHO) notes that equal representation of genders at all levels of an organization and in different health sub-sectors leads not only to an empowered workforce, but also to improved quality of care and solutions shaped by a better understanding of health systems.\u003Csup>1\u003C/sup>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The COVID-19 pandemic provides a clear example. Despite the pandemic’s disproportionate effect on women and girls, in part because of their overwhelming presence on the front lines as health care workers and caregivers, women are underrepresented in decision-making. Women comprise just 10% of the representatives of the U.S. Coronavirus Task Force and 20% of the WHO Emergency Committee on COVID-19.\u003Csup>2\u003C/sup> A global survey of 30 countries found that women represent an average of 24% of national-level decision-making bodies on COVID-19.\u003Csup>3\u003C/sup> By failing to include women’s voices, we not only lose critical technical expertise, but also increase the risk of implementing policies that fail to account for the gender dimensions of health emergencies.\u003Csup>2\u003C/sup> Losing gains in access to sexual and reproductive health services, overlooking negative consequences of epidemics on maternal and child health, failing to address the increased risk for gender-based violence—specifically intimate partner violence—due to lock-downs, and limiting conversations on economic recovery to the formal sector are just some of the consequences of gender-blind policies that do not also consider the intersectional needs of women.\u003Csup>2–4 \u003C/sup>(Intersectionality recognizes that women are not a homogenous group, and that gender interacts with other determinants like age, geographical location, sexuality, class, religion, ethnicity, citizenship, and disability to shape access to services and health outcomes.\u003Csup>5\u003C/sup>)  \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given this backdrop, there is no better time than now to invest in gender-transformative leadership to promote gender equality in health organizations and, more broadly, in the communities where they work.\u003Csup>6\u003C/sup> (Gender-transformative leadership development offers deliberate consideration of both formal and informal gender power structures and discriminatory practices.\u003Csup>6\u003C/sup>) To address factors contributing to the global gender gap in leadership, Jhpiego’s recently launched \u003Cem>Gender Transformation for Health: A Toolkit for Health Workers\u003C/em> covers topics like global disparities in women’s leadership, gender as a determinant of career advancement, gendered patterns of communication, mentorship and sponsorship, and linkages between power, gender norms, and sexual harassment. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The toolkit reflects numerous calls to action for equitable representation of women in global health decision-making. The strategies shared in the toolkit’s modules apply an intersectional lens and complement existing leadership curricula, providing tools to health care workers and managers to advance gender equality. The approach is particularly relevant in the context of today’s pandemic, but it can also be used long-term to spur greater inclusion of women’s voices in global health. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-button\">\u003Ca class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https://jhpiego.netlify.app/resources/gender-transformative-toolkit/\">See the toolkit\u003C/a>\u003C/div>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cstrong>References:\u003C/strong>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Col class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>World Health Organization. Delivered by women, led by men: a gender and equity analysis of the global health and social workforce. 2019. World Health Organization. \u003Ca href=\"https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/311322\">https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/311322\u003C/a>. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO\u003C/li>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Women in Global Health, Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security. Operation 50/50: 90+ Women Experts Working in Health Security. \u003Ca href=\"https://www.womeningh.org/operation-50-50\">https://www.womeningh.org/operation-50-50\u003C/a>.\u003C/li>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>CARE. Where are the Women? The Conspicuous Absence of Women in COVID-19 Response Teams and Plans, and Why We Need Them. 2020. https://www.care-international.org/files/files/CARE_COVID-19-womens-leadership-report_June-2020.pdf\u003C/li>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Devex. Ensuring women’s representation in COVID-19 policymaking. Gender Data Series: Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on women and girls. June 9, 2020. \u003Ca href=\"https://pages.devex.com/gender-data-covid19#upcoming-event\">https://pages.devex.com/gender-data-covid19#upcoming-event\u003C/a>.\u003C/li>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Davies SE, Harman S, Manjool R, Tanyag M, Wenham C. Why it must be a feminist global health agenda. The Lancet. 2019; 393 (10171): 601-603. \u003Ca href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32472-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32472-3\u003C/a>.\u003C/li>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>Keeling A, Manzoor M, Thompson K, Dhatt R. 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His desk, and those of his other colleagues in the expansive well-lit room, looked tidy and spotless. Documents were neatly stacked in lock-and-key shelves. A networked Hewlett-Packard printer was accessible on one of the shared tables. He was eager to get to work.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Oromia—one of the largest RHBs in Ethiopia serving tens of thousands of health workers—has not always functioned so well in the 7 years Dadi has worked here.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“All offices at the RHB were congested. The paper files and office furniture were not properly arranged, making it difficult to clean, and there was a poorly functioning air conditioning system,” Dadi said. He recalled the previously overcrowded and poorly equipped office, which led to time wasted and poor customer service for the health workers who often traveled hundreds of kilometers to the bureau to process paperwork for recruitment, transfer and promotion. The RHB office also manages licensing and registration, educational opportunities and capacity-building of health workers from across the region—including zonal health departments, district health offices and health facilities.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Employees faced difficulty to get their own personnel files, and sometimes they incurred additional cost and time to get access to different human resource management services at the regional bureau,” Dadi added. “There were also budget and capacity limitations to conduct the planned activities according to schedule and outcome.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Understanding the importance of quality services to health workers whose time would best be spent saving lives rather than chasing employment files at the RHB, Dadi and his colleagues teamed up with the Strengthening Human Resources for Health (HRH) Project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), to spearhead efforts to improve Oromia RHB’s productivity and ability to provide timely customer-oriented and employee-friendly human resource management services.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dadi and his team, with support from the HRH Project, followed the lead of the Ethiopian government and adopted the \u003Cem>kaizen\u003C/em> workspace organization philosophy—a Japanese business improvement practice—to identify the needs and gaps in their area. They then developed a plan of action, which was later endorsed by RHB management. This was followed by the training of 86 staff—management officials, middle-level managers and experts from all work units at the RHB—between February 2015 and June 2016 on how to apply \u003Cem>kaizen\u003C/em> principles. The team then applied the principles, followed up on activities and provided coaching and mentoring to improve the working environment.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Recognizing that the work environment is an important determinant of job satisfaction, motivation and productivity, the government of Ethiopia introduced \u003Cem>kaizen\u003C/em> in the public sector to make work spaces pleasant. Since the HRH Project is tasked to improve motivation and retention of health workers, it supported the government’s efforts to improve work climate,” Dr. Tegbar Yigzaw, HRH Project Deputy Chief of Party, noted.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The efforts have paid off and Dadi has every reason to smile as the “RHB is a much more pleasant working environment,” he said buoyantly. The seating arrangements have been adjusted to meet staff needs and offer the best customer service experience. New furniture and metal sliding shelves for storing records were procured; and a fresh coat of paint was applied. Staff members no longer complain about the lack of fresh air. They have also improved their document and personnel filing systems.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Our ultimate goal is providing and improving health service quality in the region. By doing this, we have been successful in providing efficient and effective leadership, management and good governance in human resource management in the health sector [in the region],” Dadi said\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Today [because of workspace improvement] human resource performance and productivity, service efficiency, staff motivation, job satisfaction and staff engagement have increased. We have also developed a good environment for the achievement of a transparent and accountable human resource management [system],” he added.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"642\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-Improved-work-image-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3802\" srcset=\"https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-Improved-work-image-2-1.jpg 960w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-Improved-work-image-2-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-Improved-work-image-2-1-768x514.jpg 768w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-Improved-work-image-2-1-807x540.jpg 807w, https://api.jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-Improved-work-image-2-1-375x251.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" />\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u003Cem>Thanks to USAID’s HRH Project, the Oromia RHB office now has a more pleasant working environment. The seating arrangements best meet the needs of staff and for customer service delivery. New furniture and metal sliding shelves for storing filing were procured; and a fresh coat of paint was applied. Staff members no longer complain about the lack of fresh air. They have also improved their document and personnel filling systems.\u003C/em>\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking of motivation, Dadi was recently promoted to Head of the Motivation and Retention Unit at the RHB. Furthermore, he and his colleagues are now enjoying their new office setup and feel much more efficient at work. Their team is now better poised to respond to health workers’ requests and provide them with the human resource support they need to efficiently complete their jobs at health facilities. And “we have decreased the grievances from our clients as compared to before,” Dadi summed up.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"https://jhpiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Story-Improved-work-image-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3803\"/>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u003Cem>Before the renovations, the Oromia RHB office was congested. Documents and office furniture were not properly arranged, making it difficult to clean, and there was a poorly functioning air conditioning system.\u003C/em>\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\u003C/div>\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HRH Project is led by Jhpiego with its partners Management Sciences for Health, the Ethiopian Midwives Association, the Ethiopian Association of Anesthetists, the Open University and Project Mercy.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cem>Muna Ahmed, Jhpiego-Ethiopia team’s Communication and Knowledge Management Specialist,\u003C/em> \u003Cem>and Charles Wanga, Senior Communications Specialist—Africa Region, contributed to this story.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n","\u003Cp>Tesfaye Dadi, Human Resources Officer for the Oromia Regional Health Bureau (RHB), typed a series of keys on his laptop…\u003C/p>\n","improved-work-space-supports-ethiopian-hrh-managers","https://jhpiego.org/our-stories/p/improved-work-space-supports-ethiopian-hrh-managers/","/our-stories/p/improved-work-space-supports-ethiopian-hrh-managers/","2018-07-10T21:12:17","2025-08-12T14:35:15",{"category":1263,"postTag":1271,"postFormat":315,"areaOfExpertiseTax":1276,"expertsTag":315},[1264,1265],{"id":945,"name":946,"slug":947,"parent":315,"uri":948,"to":948},{"id":1266,"name":1267,"slug":1268,"parent":1269,"uri":1270,"to":1270},58,"Ethiopia","ethiopia",{"id":945,"name":946,"slug":947,"parent":315,"uri":948,"to":948},"/our-stories/c/africa/ethiopia/",[1272,1275],{"id":1273,"name":617,"slug":1274,"parent":315,"uri":621,"to":621},126,"immunization",{"id":44,"name":731,"slug":972,"parent":315,"uri":735,"to":735},[1277],{"id":1278,"name":617,"slug":1274,"parent":315,"uri":621,"to":621},127,{"credits":1280},[1281],{"role":1282,"name":1283},"Author","Warku Habte",36,1793651959558]