ENGAGE IN TEAMWORK

The Health Workers for All Coalition (HW4All) is, first of all, a platform for communication and interaction between its members. More specific joint action needs to be rooted in the contributions and co-leadership of particularly interested members.

In the thematic field covered by the Health Workers for All Coalition, an informal or formal working or task group can be convened and implemented anytime by a group of members to foster and facilitate communication and cooperation related to a particular topic (thematic work stream or working group) or a particular task/process/opportunity (task group).

THEMATIC FOCAL AREAS

Teamwork among Coalition members might refer or not to a set of thematic fields that have been at the core of our attention since the beginning of the Health Workers for All Coalition without yet resulting in sustained HW4All working groups or task groups. Get in touch with the contact persons to know more.

Rights of Health Workers

Rights of health workers recognized under international treaties include the right to safe and decent work conditions, the right to due process and the right to freedom of assembly.

Contact: Soosmita Sinha, Health Law Institute
sinha@healthlawinst.org

Migration of Health Workers

An ageing global population requires far more physicians, nurses and carers than can be trained by the rich countries where most of the ageing is occurring. This drain of human resources from the poorer countries to the richer countries cannot continue unabated.

Contact: Thomas Schwarz, MMI Network
schwarz@medicusmundi.org

Health Workforce Financing

The WHO estimates a severe shortage of 18 million health care workers in low income countries, resulting in an unequal distribution of and unequal access to skilled health workers and consequently damaging effects on populations health. With the COVID-19 pandemic exposing the severity and urgency of the gaps, there is a lack of political action by both governments in low income countries, global health financing institutions and bilateral donor governments to put into place and fund strategies that will close this gap by 2030.

Contact: Amanda Banda, Wemos
Amanda.Banda@wemos.nl