Global COVID-19 Health Workforce responses: recruit, retain, reskill, and support health workers
Tuesday, 25 April 2023_ 15:00-16:00 CET
The evidence created during COVID-19 provides lessons for innovating and transforming the health and care workforce (HCWF). This includes changing the scope of practice and introducing team-based roles, using technologies and digital tools, the importance of flexible regulation, protecting health and care workers and indispensable political leadership.
How can we build on this evidence and experience? How can we retain what has been achieved? What are the next steps necessary to strengthen the HCWF in the quest to achieve universal health coverage? Join us to find out!
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Margaret Ziemann, George Washington University, USA
DISCUSSANTS:
Jim Campbell, World Health Organization, Geneva
Eeva Tuunainen, FinnEM (Finnish Emergency Medicine), Finland
Aisha Holloway, University of Edinburgh, UK
MODERATORS:
Matthias Wismar & Erica Richardson, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
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Health workforce shortages are a key challenge for health systems across the globe. But how can we change things for the better?
This spotlight series consists of three webinars covering different health workforce challenges:
- What are the learnings from COVID-19 for improving working conditions?
- How do we improve the intersectoral link between education, training and health system demands?
- Where do we find the money for smart health and care workforce investments?
We investigate key policy questions associated with protecting and investing in the health and care workforce, bringing together evidence from research and country experiences. We review the potential challenges and opportunities of health workforce strategies and consider how their unique settings influence them. We also explore the potential policy solutions and multi-sectoral partnerships required to meet ever increasing demand for health and care workers.