Facility Managers

Services offered

Africa Health Placements strives to provide a 360 degree service offering that complements the capabilities of government departments and the HR departments at individual facilities. The services we offer include:

	STAFFING Recruiting foreign‐qualified health workers (mainly doctors) to work in underserved settings (for employment in government or NGO-funded posts on a permanent basis or for employment in volunteer posts for shorter periods). Recruiting local‐qualified health workers of all cadres to work in government and NGO healthcare facilities. Placing temporary or locum health workers (of all cadres) in public sector and NGO posts. Providing orientation and ongoing support programmes to recruits as necessary. Note that we cannot, in this function, replace the role of an effective human resources department, and we are highly dependent on hospital management to ensure that salaries are put in place, accommodation is arranged, and staff are prepared for new arrivals.
	CONSULTING AHP consults governments, regulatory bodies and civil society on making themselves competitive for scarce and mobile human resources the in rural health. This includes translating policy into practice, understanding the factors that drive public health service as a career choice and the factors that drive people away from a career in public health, as well as those factors that are simply frustrating successful staffing. Again, we cannot, in this role, deliver more than advice. We can advocate for positions and policy changes, but ultimately, the onus is on government to make the necessary regulatory decisions.
	INFORMATION AHP uses extensive monitoring and evaluation practices primarily to provide partners with detailed intelligence, and to allow us to continuously improve upon what we are doing by understanding the real issues experienced in the field. To make this information truly powerful, however, we need to work together with partners such as government and hospital management to address the issues that are emerging through the research. We are also in the process of collating a unique and valuable database of strategic human resources in health information which we intend to make public.
	ADVOCACY We work with academic organisations, government, civil society, the media and other advocacy groups to: change minds; work with important action; and influence policy (such as our present participation in the debate on ethical recruitment in Africa).

Facility Managers

Our mission