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

#CSW68 (1/2) New World Health Organization (WHO) report and analysis on gender and the undervaluation of health and care work will be launched on Weds 13 March at UNHQ in New York. Moderated by the wonderful Katja Iversen with an inspiring panel from Costa Rica, @ILO, UN Women, United Health Futures

📣 COMING SOON 📣

UHF is thrilled to attend #CSW68 for the launch of the NEW World Health Organization (WHO) report, “Fair share for health and care: gender and the undervaluation of health and care work”

The report explores how health and care work is undervalued & its impact on women & health systems.

Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) James Packard Love Balasubramaniam World Health Organization (WHO) Nicoletta Dentico Mariska Meurs Priti Patnaik POLITICOEurope Nithin Ramakrishnan Margot Nauleau Courtenay Howe Kristof Decoster Roojin (she/elle) روژین Benjamin Mason Meier sally shackleton Suerie Moon Frontline AIDS Third World Network Some sound text on protecting the rights of health and care workers in draft #INB #pandemicagreement . Referring to the conversations we had one year ago: Good enough now? What still needs to be demanded?

drive.google.com/file/d/1CD2mCQ…
medicusmundi.org/27october2022/
medicusmundi.org/april2023sessi…

While celebrating progress made towards #genderequality , let's remember that women in the health and care sector still earn 24% less than men, facing a larger pay gap than in other sectors.

It's time to close this gap: who.int/europe/publica…

#IWD2024

NEW: Look out for World Health Organization (WHO)'s new report - 'Fair share for health and care: gender and the undervaluation of health and care work.' Launching on 13 March 2024 at #CSW68 in New York.