79th WHA Individual Statements
This statement is supported by PHM
We welcome the review of the Code of Practice and reaffirm its relevance amid workforce inequities.
However, norms are insufficient: binding accountability and measures are needed to prevent exploitative recruitment practices and address shortages in workers’ countries of origin and reliance on underpaid, overburdened, female CHWs.
Debt burdens and neoliberal conditionalities have driven disinvestment in worker training, driving migration to HICs.
Illicit financial flows and tax evasion erode domestic financing for health in LMICs.
Health justice demands tax justice, debt cancellation, and sustained public investment.
We call on MS and WHO to engage in negotiations for a UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation