Deadline: 13-Nov-23
The Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) is inviting institutions interested in the Global Health Workforce Programme to submit an expression of interest.
This exercise is intended to help THET understand where there might be gaps in interest for this programme, and act as an opportunity for those institutions currently without a partner, to find an appropriate institution to partner with.
The Global Health Workforce Programme (GHWP), funded by the UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), aims to develop the health workforce in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria, supporting them to build stronger, more resilient health systems for post-pandemic recovery and to make progress towards universal health coverage.
Objectives
- The GHWP has three objectives:
- To optimise the health workforce in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria through improved human resources for health (HRH) planning, including improved geographic distribution, skill mix, workforce data and employment.
- To build the capacity of the workforce to serve in these countries through improved retention and training opportunities.
- To strengthen the performance of the health workforce in these countries through improved curriculum, policies, and regulation.
- This objective will mostly be delivered by the WHO rather than through Health Partnerships, however, grant holders will be expected to liaise and align with WHO plans.
Types of Grants
- Small grants will have an implementation phase of 12 months, beginning on 1st February 2024 and ending on 31st January 2025. Each partnership can bid for up to £50,000. They welcome consortia bids if appropriate.
- Large grants will have an implementation phase of 12 months, beginning on 1st February 2024 and ending on 31st January 2025. Each partnership can bid for between £200,000 to £350,000. They welcome consortia bids if appropriate.
Approaches
- Health partnership grants will be awarded to respond to identified national HWF priorities and contribute to one or more of the following programmatic outcomes:
- Partnerships contributing towards improved health workforce leadership capacity aligned with health workforce strategies, that will support reduction in gender inequalities.
- Addressing key health workforce gaps, and/or
- Supporting the HRH strategies, and/or
- Developing or improving policies and regulations
- Partnerships aligning with and contributing towards retention and wellbeing strategies
- Improved number and quality of training opportunities for health workers
- Improving the performance of the health workforce, and/or
- Developing or improving curricula, and/or
- Providing new training opportunities in remote or underserved areas, and/or
- Developing the capacity of local faculty/trainers to continue to provide training
- Policy makers and practitioners engaged in learning about successful HWF targeted interventions.
- Developing pieces of evidence/learning (mandatory)
- Holding or attending events to share evidence, and/or
- Developing/using platforms to promote shared learning
- Partnerships contributing towards improved health workforce leadership capacity aligned with health workforce strategies, that will support reduction in gender inequalities.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for this call, applications must:
- Be submitted by a health partnership that includes, as a minimum, a lead partner from any two of the four GHWP countries: UK, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria. Three or even all four countries can be incorporated into the partnership if applicable.
- Identify one of these lead partners as a contract holder, and the other as the co-lead. These lead partner institutions must jointly write and submit the application, and share accountability and ownership of the project.
- Any organisation is eligible so long as Official Development Assistance rules are followed. Please note though that government departments are not eligible to receive funding.
- For the proposed project itself to be eligible, applications must:
- Contribute to the GHWP programmatic outcomes.
- Build local and national ownership and sustainability into their partnership activities.
- Incorporate bi-directional learning and evaluate the impact of their project towards all partners.
For more information, visit THET.