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Laura Janneck¹, Nicholas Cooper, Seble Frehywot

¹Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. laura.janneck@gmail.com

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

|October 7, 2009

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Task shifting can improve healthcare delivery in resource-limited humanitarian settings, but regulatory and competency challenges must be addressed. Strategies are proposed to integrate task shifting effectively into humanitarian health responses.

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Multidisciplinary Approach to Obesity Management: A Case Report

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Published on: May 30, 2025

Area of Science:

Public Health
Humanitarian Medicine
Health Workforce Development

Background:

Humanitarian responses frequently occur in resource-scarce environments with critical shortages of healthcare workers.
Task shifting, reallocating tasks to different cadres of health workers, is a potential solution for healthcare delivery in such settings.
Existing evidence suggests task shifting's applicability in humanitarian contexts, yet significant barriers impede its implementation.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of task shifting in humanitarian relief operations.
To propose strategies for the effective integration of task shifting into humanitarian health responses.

Main Methods:

Analysis of task shifting potential in humanitarian contexts.
Evaluation by the Human Resources in Humanitarian Health (HRHH) Working Group during the 2009 Humanitarian Action Summit.
Identification of obstacles and proposal of integration strategies.

Main Results:

Task shifting offers a viable approach to address healthcare worker shortages in humanitarian crises.
Key obstacles include regulatory hurdles, accreditation issues, funding limitations, and the absence of standardized core competencies for humanitarian health workers.
The HRHH Working Group identified critical areas for improvement and proposed actionable strategies.

Conclusions:

Task shifting holds significant promise for enhancing healthcare access during humanitarian emergencies.
Overcoming identified barriers is crucial for successful implementation.
Strategic integration, guided by proposed measures, can optimize task shifting in humanitarian health responses.