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    Type of settings
    On-line
    Category of capacity building activity
    Seminar/Webinar
    PHIRI Activity
    No
    Activity schedule
    Fixed date(s)
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    Activity local date
    -
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    GEO coverage
    Multinational
    Language
    English
    Available in other languages
    No
    Target audience
    Public Health Professionals;
    Health Professionals;
    Public Health Authorities;
    Decision-Makers;
    Policy-Makers

    In 2021, the WHO Health Workforce department and PAHO Sub-regional Programme for South America supported the development and analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on health workers and the policy responses via a number of country case studies. This discussion provides an overview of the paper, which includes a systematization of the policies and strategies adopted by the participating countries to face the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic on HRH from five South American country case studies: Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Participants will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the health, occupational safety and working conditions of the HWF and on the strategies and mechanisms used by these countries to increase, maintain and protect human resources for health (HRH), in terms of their availability, training, protection, welfare, remuneration and financing.

    Topics
    Health status » Morbidity/disability » Communicable diseases » Covid-19;
    Health systems » Health resources and activities » Health employment and education » Workforce other
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    Leading organizer
    World Health Organisation
    Contact

    WHO Headquarters in Geneva (+41 22 791 21 11)

    Updated on 28 April 2022