04.03.2016

Statement by WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan

UN Secretary-General appoints High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth

World Health Organisation (WHO) The rising demand and need for health workers and the increasing trend of international migration is a threat to the stability of health systems and global health security. Therefore WHO welcomes the appointment of a High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth by the UN Secretary General in order to counteract the global shortfall of trained health workers. (Photo: UNICEF Ethiopia/flickr)