Health workforce Impact at country level

The Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030 is the key guiding document with principles and objectives presented below:
 

Guiding principles

  • Promote the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health; 
  • Provide integrated, people-centered health services devoid of stigma and discrimination;
  • Foster empowered and engaged communities;
  • Uphold the personal, employment and professional rights of all health workers, including safe and decent working environments and freedom from all kinds of discrimination, coercion and violence;
  • Eliminate gender-based violence, discrimination and harassment;
  • Promote international collaboration and solidarity in alignment with national priorities;
  • Ensure ethical recruitment practices in conformity with the provisions of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel;
  • Mobilize and sustain political and financial commitment and foster inclusiveness and collaboration across sectors and constituencies;
  • Promote innovation and the use of evidence.

 

 

Health workforce

Health systems can only function with health workers; improving health service coverage and realizing the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is dependent on their availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality.
 

WHO estimates a projected shortfall of 18 million health workers by 2030, mostly in low- and lower-middle income countries. However, countries at all levels of socioeconomic development face, to varying degrees, difficulties in the education, employment, deployment, retention, and performance of their workforce.