According to the World Health Organization, 55 countries are experiencing severe shortages of health workers as they continue to pursue better-paying jobs in wealthier, more industrialized countries.
According to WHO, African countries have been struck the worst by the pandemic’s brain drain, with 37 countries on the continent confronting health staff shortages.
“A scarcity of health staff has jeopardized their chances of delivering universal health care by 2030,” according to a major Sustainable Development Goals vow. “Africa has a highly strong economy that is offering new possibilities,” said Dr Jim Campbell, WHO’s Director responsible for health worker policy, in a statement on Tuesday, March 14.
better-paying jobs in wealthier, more industrialized countries.
According to WHO, African countries have been struck the worst by the pandemic’s brain drain, with 37 countries on the continent confronting health staff shortages.
“A scarcity of health staff has jeopardized their chances of delivering universal health care by 2030,” according to a major Sustainable Development Goals vow. “Africa has a highly strong economy that is offering new possibilities,” said Dr Jim Campbell, WHO’s Director responsible for health worker policy, in a statement on Tuesday, March 14.
“The Gulf States have traditionally been reliant on international personnel and then some of the OECD high-income countries have really accelerated their recruitment and employment to respond to the pandemic and respond to the loss of lives, the infections, the absences of workers during the pandemic”.
“These countries require priority support for health workforce development and health system strengthening, along with additional safeguards that limit active international recruitment,” the WHO insisted.
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Supporting the call for universal healthcare for all countries in line with the SDGs, WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, called on all countries to respect the provisions in the WHO health workforce support and safeguards list.
“Health workers are the backbone of every health system, and yet 55 countries with some of the world’s most fragile health systems, do not have enough and many are losing their health workers to international migration,” he added.
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