Investing in building a resilient health workforce for the Eastern Mediterranean Region

A vibrant health workforce is the backbone of any health system and key to advancing health care goals. However, there is a general shortage of health workforce globally, as health workers remain overstretched, underpaid and sometimes undervalued. Without immediate and sustained investment in a resilient and well-supported workforce, we risk being unprepared for the next pandemic. We will be unable to control the surge in non-communicable diseases and fall short of achieving Universal Health Coverage and the health-related targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.