To fulfill the demand of readily available information that highlights HRH gaps and skill mix imbalances, critical HRH challenges in local context and policy blackholes, a project framework and data inputs were conceptualized vis-à-vis the need for high quality and timely HRH information to inform decision making for policy and programmatic guidance at the global, regional and national levels. The concept from an HRH repository was upscaled to a regional learning platform and Observatory in close collaboration with WHO focal points and subject matter experts.