Though KPI has a lab outfitted to conduct R&D, our interviews indicate that insufficient human resources mean that the lab is used for drug formulation only, and no R&D takes place within the firm.
Many providers and policymakers believed that standalone youth clinics were the ideal, but noted that a lack of financial and human resources meant that this was not feasible in all communities.
The MOH aims to deliver healthcare services which are within their budgetary and human resource means and aims to provide a basic package of evidence-based care for all Malawians.
And as usual, standard human resources procedure meant he and the others couldn't use their computers again.
Now the money for such huge ventures has been diverted to more modest and more nebulous ones: 80 billion lire to "enhance human resources", whatever that means; 40 billion to teach bus-drivers and traffic-wardens to speak English; 25 billion lire to create a "welcome centre" inside a patrician villa in nearby Castel Gandolfo.
Without this, the resulting translations are unusable (for example, the English word "job" in a manufacturing industry context can mean "batch process," but within a human resources context can mean "occupation" and thus be translated differently).
Beyond financial means, human resources are absolutely critical to help contain the Ebola epidemic and to provide care for the ill.
No doubt this move by the central ministry to regain control of public sector human resources for health potentially means it will have better information about those providers who are on the public payroll.
Moreover, since from a societal perspective market mechanisms alone do not allow an adequate demand/supply of health personnel to be reached, public interventions such as human resources planning are a means to correct for market failures.
"Education is the key for developing this country," she said, adding, "We should make sure that there are enough resources, not only financial but also human resources, even if it means to retrain the teachers, to ensure that the country offers quality education".
