Health and Care Workers: Protect.Invest.Together.
Technical Brief
22 February 2023
| Technical document
Overview
There is no health without health workers. To progress towards universal health coverage (UHC), health security and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 on good health and well-being, we must address health workforce challenges, including shortages, maldistribution, inefficiencies, inequities, and lack of support and protection. This requires increased investment in education of new health and care workers, providing them with jobs and decent working conditions, and creating capacities for health workforce intelligence, policy, planning and management. Political will, as well as domestic and international financial resources, are essential. Investment in the health workforce aligns with education, equity, decent work and economic growth, and can deliver dividends across health outcomes, employment opportunities and global health security.
WHO Team
Health Workforce (HWF),
UHC/Life Course EXDGO (UHA)
Editors
World Health Organization
Number of pages
4
Copyright
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO