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Call to Action - Addressing the 18 million health worker shortfall
Overview
Investing in the health and social workforce is critical to the attainment of the health Sustainable Development Goals. Approximately eighty percent of the investment required to achieve universal health coverage by 2030 is for the education and employment of health personnel. However, the WHO projects a shortfall of 18 million health workers to accelerate universal health coverage by 2030, particularly in low- and lower-middle income countries.
Recognizing the critical role that health worker organizations and youth play in the health labour market, the World Health Organization is launching a call to action campaign which aims to stimulate bold collaborative actions of healthcare professional associations and youth organizations with member states to implement ambitious solutions to address the health workforce shortfall by 2023 at country level.
Many contributions by key stakeholders were made through four consultation processes in 2016 and 2017 which informed the recommendations of the High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth and the ILO-WHO-OECD Working for Health Five Year Action Plan. Furthermore, Member States have affirmed their commitment to address the issues facing the health workforce by adopting resolution WHA69.19 which endorsed the “Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030”. This call to action serves to support these established action plans and strategies and drive the action of stakeholders to contribute to their implementation.
The submitted actions will be reviewed and selected ones may be published and made online through a “Call to Action: Addressing the 18 Million Health Worker Shortfall”. The submission deadline is the 18th of May 2019.
Guidance: Submitted actions should:
Be achievable by 2023
Be implemented at national, regional or international levels
Have an impact at country level.
Have direct impact on indicators of health workforce progress (mapped to the National Health Workforce Accounts).
Contribute to one or more of the Global Milestones (2020) of the Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030.
Demonstrate collaborative action with other stakeholders.
Described with a maximum of 750 words for each action.
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