National Workforce Capacity To Implement The Essential Public Health Functions Including A Focus On Emergency Preparedness And Response

Download or read book National workforce capacity to implement the essential public health functions including a focus on emergency preparedness and response written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2022-05-18 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This roadmap is a statement of a collective vision to develop a shared understanding on the definition, classification and scope of work of the workforce which delivers the EPHFs, and the subsequent collaborative activities to build capacity of this workforce through competency-based education. The roadmap is developed with, and for, countries including key stakeholders such as associations of national public health institutes and schools of public health and proposes a differentiated and progressive approach for countries acknowledging varying capacities and contexts. Across the action areas, this will aid countries to benchmark themselves and assess their current situation; facilitate provision of guidance and tools; and support progress to full implementation towards a strengthened public health workforce delivering all EPHFs for UHC, health security and improved health and wellbeing. TARGET AUDIENCE: Policy-makers, health workers and key stakeholders within and outside the health sector involved in public health and emergency preparedness and response.