Headline : Africa: African Regions First-Ever Health Workforce Investment Charter Launched

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Windhoek — The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa and partner organizations today launched the region's first-ever health investment charter that aims to align and drive sustainable investment in the health workforce.

With a bold target of halving the African region's critical 6.1-million health workforce shortage by 2030, the African Health Workforce Investment Charter will mobilize and align domestic and partner funding to strengthen, grow and retain the continent's health workforce, especially in rural and primary health care settings.

"Any discussion about the delivery of health care services must acknowledge that, for these services to be rendered and rendered effectively, we need feet on the ground," said Honourable Dr Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, Namibia's Prime Minister. "For the health professionals to do their work effectively, they must be well resourced and capacitated in the best ways possible."

In addition to shortages, the African region faces many other health workforce challenges, including, rising unemployment, excessive out-migration and low quality of training. Low health investment and limited prioritization of the health workforce have critically exposed health systems. Investment in health, especially from domestic sources, is still low and inadequate for many countries to meet the universal health coverage and ensure health security

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