Formative research of incentive schemes and design of task-shifting mechanism for health staff in primary and specialized (HIV/AIDS, TB, Narcology – and STI) health care facilities at local level

• Year of publication: 2016
• Number of pages: 244 c.
• ISBN: 978-966-2578-89-8

This study was carried by Analytical Center “Socioconsulting” under the initiative, technical and grant support from USAID “Reform of HIV services in action” in partnership with the State Institution “Center for Public Health at Ministry of Health of Ukraine.”

Project objectives:

1. Determine the needs in reorganizing duties of health workers engaged in HIV services and collect information for decision-making in this area.
2. Study motivators and incentives already in use, or that can be used for health workers in HIV service.
3. Develop a mechanism of duties redistribution for piloting at the district level as a part of strengthening HR capacity in HIV service.

The project combined three core components, each of which relates to its goals:

1. Analysis of workload at selected sites in seven priority regions (objective 1).
2. Formative research on motivators and incentives of health workers in HIV service (objective 2).
3. Development and presentation of the schemes of duties redistribution in the provision of HIV services (objective 3).

• HIV
• Healthcare system
• Healthcare professionals