Protect, safeguard and invest in the health and care workforce
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the critical role of all health and care workers at the forefront of the pandemic, who have faced multiple risks related to their health, well-being and safety.
The resolution on Protecting, safeguarding and investing in the health and care workforce calls for action to guarantee that investments in our workforce ensure they are: skilled, trained, equipped, supported and enabled. It stresses the need for decent pay, recognition, a safe working environment, and protection of their rights.
The resolution highlights the need to:
- enable all health and care workers to access COVID-19 vaccines, Personal Protective Equipment, decent work conditions, and equitable labour protection that is free from all forms of discrimination
- accelerate multisectoral collaboration and sustained investments in health workforce education, skills and jobs
- drive the implementation, measurement and reporting on the WHO Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health and the WHO Global Code of Practice on International Recruitment of Health Personnel
- prepare a global health and care worker compact.
