The development of Health EDRM workforce is critical for all phases of disasters. While effort has been made in defining roles and responsibilities, significant gaps in the evidence base for effective workforce development strategies remain. These gaps require continued investment in research and capacity building to support the development of a skilled, resilient, and adaptable health workforce that can respond effectively to emergencies and disasters.

WHO Resources:

• Global strategy on human resources for health: Workforce 2030 (7 July 2020) https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241511131
• Strengthening national emergency preparedness https://www.who.int/activities/strengthening-national-emergency-preparedness

Global strategy on human resources for health: Workforce 2030

The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health seeks to address the challenges facing healthcare systems and ensure that all people have access to quality health services. The strategy focuses on five key areas: improving access to healthcare, strengthening the health workforce, enhancing health workforce planning, improving health workforce performance, and promoting health workforce equity.

Learning from Existing Workforce Development Initiatives 

WHO Kobe Centre supports research projects to provide evidence for workforce capacity development in order to strengethen effective disaster risk management.

WKC's project (2019-2021) conducted and published case studies related to workforce initiatives. These case studies offer valuable insights and recommendations from real experiences to enhance the Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health EDRM) workforce development.

Workforce training and competency development activities teach essential skills and competencies and share up-to-date knowledge and evidence in order to enable people to provide cares and services to manage health challenges during emergencies (rephrase).

The WHO Knowledge Hub for Workforce Development for Health EDRM introduces currently available training activities and competency developmet.