Health Workforce and Service Delivery

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Technical brief on strengthening the nursing and midwifery workforce to improve health outcomes: Government Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officers (GCNMOs) in the WHO European Region
15 September 2022

Technical brief on strengthening the nursing and midwifery workforce to improve health...

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Health and care workforce in Europe: time to act publication cover
14 September 2022

Health and care workforce in Europe: time to act

All countries of the WHO European Region currently face severe challenges related to the health and care workforce (‎HCWF)‎. This report focuses...

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Health and well-being in the voluntary national reviews of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the WHO European Region 2016–2020
27 May 2022

Health and well-being in the voluntary national reviews of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development...

This report analyses the 60 voluntary national reviews (‎VNRs)‎ submitted by 52 Member States in the WHO EuropeanRegion between 2016 and 2020,...

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Documents

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11 September 2022

Programme - RC72 Parallel Session 5: Health systems response to post COVID-19 condition (13 September...

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10 September 2022

Programme - RC72 Parallel Session 10: Launch of the Regional Report “Health and care workforce in Europe:...

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Caregiving impacts on unpaid informal carers’ health and well-being - a gender perspective
28 June 2022

Caregiving impacts on unpaid informal carers’ health and well-being - a gender perspective: factsheet

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Case study Improving access to medicines in primary care nurse prescribing in Poland (2020) - ENG
14 April 2022

Case study: Improving access to medicines in primary care: nurse prescribing in Poland (2020)

The year 2016 witnessed the introduction of nurse prescribing in Poland. The purpose of the implemented changes was to improve patient care by reducing...

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Our work

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Assisting Member States in addressing health workforce challenges

Strengthening nursing and midwifery

Addressing the international migration of health workers

Supporting Member States in building a skilled health workforce

News

15 September 2022
News release

Malta ‘nurse navigators’ embody patient-centred care
14 September 2022
Media release

Ticking timebomb: Without immediate action, health and care workforce gaps in the European Region could spell disaster
13 September 2022
News release

Countries in the European Region adopt first-ever digital health action plan
20 July 2022
News release

COVID-19 has caused major disruptions and backlogs in health care, new WHO study finds

Multimedia

5 October 2022

Frontline Stories - Trailer
13 September 2022

Living with disabilities - Shirly from Israel
13 September 2022

Living with disabilities: Jeppe from Denmark
9 December 2021

How two Maltese nurses care for the vulnerable and bring COVID-19 vaccines to their communities

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