Ironically, #HealthandCareWorkers offer healthcare without access to health care, especially mental health. The challenges facing health systems such as staff shortages, low pay, unsafe working conditions, and high stress levels exacerbate #Workforce risk of #MentalHealth

The #Working4Health technical consultation on #HealthandCareWorkers #mentalhealth highlights that pooled estimates of burnout during the pandemic ranged from 41% to 52%. Increased absenteeism, anxiety, and depression were also reported. No significant change since 2022.

Address #healthworkforce issues w/ focus on #decentwork leadership, multi-disciplinary teams, practice environments to RETAIN workers—doesn’t require huge funds 🏦 *invest more and better*

Thrilled to have an important, timely discussion on health worker shortages in an era of greater international labor mobility. Tough, complex problems call for thoughtful leadership & collaboration, thank you Jim Campbell Juan Comesaña Pablo Uribe for this important journey together!

Ajay Banga & Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlight vision to expand health investment, expand service coverage, remove barriers, and create jobs in health to improve population health & SDG goals.

Join us on 25 April at 1-2 PM BST for a #GBSH webinar on health workforce heterogeneity in #LMICs . Our panel will explore governance approaches to manage diverse health provider systems effectively. 🌍🩺 Register now: buff.ly/3PUncj9 #UCL

VACANCY: Technical officer (nursing & midwifery) at World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific in the Philippines. Supporting Member States in the development of evidence-informed nursing and midwifery policies, strategies and plans. Apply online: careers.who.int/careersection/… by April 16.

CONDOLENCES to the family of Dr Luc De Bernis who passed away today. A champion for maternal, newborn & child health. Formerly #UNFPA & World Health Organization (WHO). An Ob/Gyn & 'Honorary Midwife' of International Confederation of Midwives. One of the founding crew for the State of the World's Midwifery #SoWMy . RIP Luc.

In honor of #WHWWeek , the O'Neill Institute and Working4Health are thrilled to announce the launch of the Health and Care Worker Policy Lab, a legal library of 190+ documents on the rights and protections of health and care workers.

Visit the legal library: hcwpolicylab.org

#WHWWeek =evidence-based HRH strategies
How to be ready for the next emergency?
#SafeSupportedHealthWorkers
☑️competency based education as foundation
☑️holistic approach to mapping occupations, roles, tasks
☑️align functions to national priorities
More⬇️
who.int/teams/health-w…

Countries asked for the Global health and care worker compact to guide strengthening national laws, regulations & policies to #ProtectHealthCareWorkers
4⃣domains➕🔟issue areas to guide action
☑️Preventing harm
☑️Providing support
☑️Ensuring inclusivity
☑️Safeguarding rights

#WHWWeek =evidence for #SafeSupportedHealthWorkers
Health and care worker law & policy portal launched today with O'Neill Institute
International #humanrights #labour instruments➕national laws, policies, regulations➕resources to #SupportHealthCareWorkers
hcwpolicylab.org

Check out the new Health and care worker law & policy lab at hcwpolicylab.org
O'Neill Institute Matthew Kavanagh Catherine Kane Jim Campbell Lawrence Gostin

We celebrate these days World Health Worker Week & we want to see #SafeSupportedHealthWorkers worldwide! We'll have a shortage of 10M HCWs by 2030=No UHC
ICN World Health Organization (WHO) #ChallengersCommittee Nursing Now Challenge Frontline Health Workers Coalition #Retention Howard Catton Consejo General de Enfermería Jim Campbell

Is 2024 the breakthrough year for #Africa and its #HealthWorkforce ?

🌍 #Africa #HealthWorkforce Investment Charter & Forum

🌍 #Rwanda 4x4 Strategy

🌍 #Nigeria , #Kenya , #Ghana , #Benin , #SouthAfrica , #CAR , #Malawi & others leading the way

#Working4Health
Dr James Avoka Asamani WHO African Region

It's World Health Worker Week #WHWWeek 2024!!

An important moment to recall commitments to protect and invest in health and care workers & take stock of new evidence:

World Health Organization (WHO) OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives (2024) Bilateral agreements on health worker migration and mobility

🙏 also @ILO Working4Health

🆕World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights how gender inequalities in health & care work negatively impact women, health systems & outcomes

“We are calling upon leaders, policy-makers, employers to action investment: it is time for a fair share for health & care” Jim Campbell
buff.ly/3VfMrQ8

Gender inequality is a global issue, and we're incredibly grateful to Cindy Quesada Hernandez, Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, Alia El-Yassir, and Ministério da Saúde 🩵 for joining us at #CSW68 and speaking on how to translate the findings from this critical report into concrete, global action.

Thank you Katja Iversen for moderating today’s discussion on the future of health and care work at #CSW68 ! We are incredibly grateful to all the panelists for their valuable insights on how to close the gender gaps and move closer to #genderequality in health and care work.

#CSW68 (2/2). Speakers:
H.E. Min. Cindy Quesada Hernández, Costa Rica
Alia El-Yassir, Regional Director, UN Women Alia El-Yassir
Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Special Representative to the UN Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon
Michelle McIssac, WHO Michelle McIsaac
Geordan Shannon, UHF Dr Geordan Shannon