Civil society action brief: Leveraging intersectoral governance to improve education, employment and retention of health and care workers
3 April 2023
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Overview
Civil society action brief: Leveraging intersectoral governance to improve education, employment and retention of health and care workers was prepared for the WHO Fifth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health. Civil society organizations and wider networks led and co-developed a series of three action briefs to frame discussions on the advocacy agenda. The civil society action briefs are linked to each of the three Fifth Global Forum policy briefs.
A recording of the Roundtable on Civil society's leadership on the path to 2030, held on 4 April 2023, is available on the Fifth Global Forum dedicated platform until April 2024. *A brief registration is required to view the recording.
Civil society action briefs
- Action brief 1: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic: recruiting, retaining and supporting health and care workers
- Action brief 3: Enhancing domestic and international financing for investments in the health and care workforce
Policy briefs
- Policy brief 1 (draft): What did the COVID-19 pandemic teach us about future workforce development? Policies and practices to recruit, retain, reskill and support health and care workers
- Policy brief 2: What can intersectoral governance do to strengthen the health and care workforce? Structures and mechanisms to improve the education, employment and retention of health and care workers
- Policy brief 3: What steps can improve and promote investment in the health and care workforce? Enhancing efficiency of spending and rethinking domestic and international financing
WHO Team
Health Workforce (HWF)
Editors
World Health Organization / Africa Europe Foundation / Health Systems Global / International Federation of Medical Students Associations / Geneva Learning Foundation
Number of pages
6
Copyright
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO