Impact Magazine: Focus on Health Workers

Impact Magazine: Focus on Health Workers

"In this issue of Impact magazine, PSI, in partnership with IntraHealth International, examines the vital contributions of health workers to global health and development. In articles and interviews with key stakeholders, this issue makes the case that building a robust and effective global health workforce should urgently become a top priority for the international community."

WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel

WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel

"The migration of health workers affects all countries in one way or another. In some cases, health workers leave their home countries looking for better working conditions and career opportunities abroad. In others, they leave rural areas for urban ones. The result: increasingly inequitable access to health care, within and between countries. This is why WHO and its partners are developing solutions so countries can address the twin challenges of managing migration and improving the retention of health workers. One key element is to establish a supportive working and living environment and opportunities for professional growth so that health workers are less likely to migrate. Another is to implement the 2010 Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel."

Community Health Workers and Health Systems Strengthening (working title)
Community health workers, Mali. Photo: © Souleymane Bathieno/HP+/ Health Policy Plus Project/flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0

Community Health Workers and Health Systems Strengthening (working title)

In this MMS Bulletin, we would like to discuss the potential of community health workers with a focus on middle and low-income countries (LMICs). Are CHWs pioneers in the strengthening of health systems and achieving health for all? Can this workforce compensate for the shortage of health workers? Which challenges and deficits exist in the health policies of many countries and which measures should be introduced (best practice examples) so that the potential of CHWs can be fully developed? For more information and some key questions from our perspective, please see the document enclosed.