
The Decade for Health Workforce Strengthening in the SEA Region 2015–2024: mid-term review of progress, 2020 / World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Tác giả : World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Nhà xuất bản : World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
Năm xuất bản : 2019
Chủ đề : 1. Governing Board. 2. Governing body documents.
Thông tin chi tiết
Tóm tắt : | In 2014, Member States of the WHO South-East Asia Region agreed to the ’Decade for Strengthening Human Resources for Health in the SEA Region 2015–2024‘. The WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia endorsed resolution SEA/RC67/R6 on ’Strengthening Health Workforce Education and Training in the Region‘ the same year. This resolution requested the Regional Director to report on progress in health workforce development to the Regional Committee every two years, starting in 2016, for a decade.The mid-term review of progress in 2020 (3rd review report) is based on reporting by Member States on 14 indicators for doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists, pharmacists and other primary health care workers. The Human Resources for Health Regional Meeting to review progress, challenges and opportunities, originally scheduled to be held in Bangkok on 20–22 April 2020, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An online regional consultation was conducted on 23 June 2020.A mid-term review report for the Decade for Health Workforce Strengthening in the SEA Region and case studies on improving retention of health workers in rural and remote areas are submitted to the Seventy-third Session of the Regional Committee. They include further analysis on the health workforce situation in the SEA Region; progress, challenges and the way forward on human resources for health; as well as country profiles on this sector for all Member States of the SEA Region.This Working Paper was presented to the High-Level Preparatory Meeting for its review and recommendations. The HLP Meeting reviewed the paper and made the following recommendations for consideration by the Seventy-third Session of the Regional Committee.Actions by Member States(1) Use the window of opportunity afforded by the COVID-19 pandemic to increase investment in the health workforce.(2) Strengthen HRH governance by strengthening the capacity of HRH units.(3) Increase production of, quality of education, job creation for and distribution of nurses and midwives as per country contexts.Actions by WHO(1) Monitor and report progress on the Decade of Strengthening of HRH through the fourth progress report scheduled for 2022.(2) Provide technical support to Member States as appropriate to strengthen HRH to achieve UHC and health security.(3) Organize a one-week executive online course on HRH leadership and management.This Working Paper and the HLP Meeting recommendations are submitted to the Seventy-third Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia for its consideration and decision. |
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