Overview The 4th International Community Health Workers (CHW) Symposium will be held from November 10–14, 2025, in Bangkok, Thailand. This global gathering will serve as a platform for knowledge exchange, …
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National workforce capacity for essential public health functions: Operational handbook for country-led contextualization and implementation
Overview In May 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partner organizations agreed a roadmap on national workforce capacity to implement the essential public health functions. This roadmap emphasizes three …
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World Health Worker Week 2025: ‘Health Workers: The Heart of Health’
Overview World Health Worker Week (WHWWeek) is an annual global advocacy campaign dedicated to recognizing the vital contributions of health workers and mobilizing support for greater investments in the health …
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Health practitioner regulation: Design, reform and implementation guidance
The World Health Organization (WHO) published the first global guidance on health practitioner regulation. Health practitioner regulation: Design, reform and implementation guidance reviews the available evidence and offers policy considerations for …
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Procedure for Nepal Health Workforce Management Information System (NHWMIS) 2024
The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) Nepal has released new guidance on the operation of the Nepal Health Workforce Management Information System (NHWMIS) 2024. The NHWMIS is a comprehensive …
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Human Resources for Health (HRH) Projection in Nepal (2079-2087)
The Medical Education Commission published its report on Nepal’s Human Resources for Health (HRH) Projection for the years 2079 to 2087. Download PDF File National Human Resources for Health (HRH) …
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Top Policy Recommendations to Invest in Health Workers
A critical lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic is that we must invest in strengthening the health workforce to enable equitable pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response and deliver essential health services. …
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WHO convenes the Fifth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health
3 April 2023 – WHO is organizing the Fifth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health from 3 to 5 April 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Forum, the largest gathering of the health workforce …
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Fifth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health
The Fifth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health will be held from 3 to 5 April 2023, during World Health Worker Week. The Forum will be held under the theme …
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WHO renews alert on safeguards for health worker recruitment
The World Health Organization (WHO) released an updated WHO health workforce support and safeguards list 2023, identifying 55 countries as vulnerable for availability of health workers required to achieve the UN …