WHO/Europe Press Briefing on health and care workforce challenges across Europe & Central Asia
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 11:30 GMT / 12:30 CET / 13:30 EET
Bucharest, Romania
In the midst of an unprecedented crisis affecting millions of health workers in Europe and Central Asia, WHO/Europe and the Romanian Ministry of Health will hold a hybrid press briefing to provide an update on the urgent health and care workforce challenges facing the Region and what actions countries need to take to address them.
PANELISTS:
- Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe
- Dr Alexandru Rafila, Minister of Health, Romania
- Technical experts will also be on hand to answer questions
LOCATION:
- Radisson Blu Bucharest, Calea Victoriei 63-81, București 010065, Romania
A two-day high-level summit (22-23 March), co-organized with the Romanian Ministry of Health, will bring together government ministers, civil society representatives, professional organizations, and health and care workers themselves to agree on a set of concrete actions to protect, support and invest in the healthcare workforce as a key component of strengthening healthcare systems more widely as the Region emerges from the ravages of COVID-19 and other public health crises.
WHO/Europe recently warned of a ‘ticking timebomb’ threatening health systems in Europe because of an ageing workforce, poor mental health support, and challenges attracting and retaining young people into the health sector. In its flagship report, Health and Care Workforce in Europe: Time to Act, WHO/Europe called on countries to do more to protect their health and care workers, outlining a set of concrete recommendations to turn this vision into reality in the form of an ‘outcome declaration’ which will serve as the roadmap for political commitment.
The press briefing will be broadcast live on WHO/Europe’s LinkedIn page and at our Twitter profile.
Journalists present in Bucharest are encouraged to attend in person and should email Emanuela.Schweninger@ms.ro to be accredited. Those unable to attend in person can join online via Zoom. When joining the Zoom meeting, please ensure you enter your name and media outlet in your profile. To ask a question, please click “raise hand” and this will enter you into the pool for questions. Please make sure you have a microphone connected or active on your computer.
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