iHRIS Retain Used to Cost Health Worker Retention Incentives in Lao PDR

In September, Grace Chee from CapacityPlus partner Abt Associates traveled to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) to assist the Ministry of Health in costing retention incentive packages for health workers through a field-test of iHRIS Retain.

Students completing rapid DCE surveyiHRIS Retain is an open source tool CapacityPlus is developing in collaboration with the World Health Organization to cost retention interventions at the district, regional, or national level. It is specifically designed for costing rural retention interventions. Retaining health workers in remote areas is a major challenge to delivering quality health services in low-resource countries. In Lao PDR more than 80% of people live in rural areas...