Health workers are INDISPENSABLE - the cornerstone of health care delivery system, influencing access, quality and costs of health care, and effective delivery of interventions for improved health outcomes, including progress towards the achievement of the health Millennium Development Goals and Health For All.
Key areas of WHO support to Member States in building and sustaining adequate, competent, productive and supported health workforce to meet population health needs include, but not limited to:
- generate evidence, technical tools /guides for policy and strategy development, planning and management;
- education and training of health workers (both quantity and quality);
- improve standards of practice and ethics;
- enhance workforce performance and retention;
- advocacy, effective partnerships and networking.