Health

New York, May 27,  2025 (CrestNewsOnline) Member-states at the 2025 World Health Assembly (WHA) which ended officially on Tuesday have adopted a resolution calling for accelerated investment in health professionals’ education, job-creation and retention and improved working conditions.

The resolution, which was sponsored by Nigeria, Germany, Morocco, the Philippines, and Thailand, also advocated for the harnessing of the potential of digital technologies and AI in support of health workers.

They went on to pledge to identify specific actions to address national shortages of health and care workforce conditions of work, and the increasing rates of health-worker migration.

The resolution has helped the member-countries to use the platform to reaffirm their commitment to protecting and investing in global health and care workforce.

The WHA, which is the 78th edition and the highest decision-making body of the World Health Organisation, had opened on May 19 and ended on May 27.

It brings together delegations from 194 member-states under the theme “One World for Health.”

The Assembly reviewed the Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030, which highlights a slowdown in progress and an increase in the projected global shortfall in health workers to 11.1 million by 2030.

This is up from the 2022 estimate of 10.2 million.

The Assembly also considered new data and recommendations on the international migration of health workers and how to strengthen ethical recruitment in alignment with the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel.

A record 105 countries gave reports on international migration during the meeting.

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