Building a skilled workforce to prepare for and respond to emergencies

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</header> <section class="sf-body-detail container"> <div class="row"> <div class="sf_colsIn col-md-12"> <div class="row sf-content-detail"> <div class="sf_colsIn col-md-7"> <div class="large-body-font-size"> <p></p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance for WHO Member States to prepare for health emergencies and strengthen health systems, including through intensified workforce development. We need a ready, willing and able workforce – a workforce for excellence – that can be called upon to help save lives, reduce disease and suffering, and minimize socio-economic loss to affected communities and countries.</p><p>WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme prioritizes learning and training as it works to meet the Organization’s ambitious target of ensuring 1 billion people are better protected from health emergencies.</p><p>WHO supports Member States’ workforce development plans on Health Emergency Preparedness, Readiness and implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR) through a systematic and sustainable approach to learning.  It provides strategic direction for scaling-up IHR learning activities, including through the adaptation at country level of WHO-designed learning packages and activities based on needs identified.</p><p>The WHO Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Initiative also helps organizations and Member States build national capacities and stronger health systems so that countries have the ability to respond promptly when a disaster strikes or an outbreak flares. </p><p> In addition to face-to-face training, WHO’s <a href="https://extranet.who.int/hslp/">Health Security Learning Platform</a> and <a href="https://openwho.org/courses">OpenWHO</a> also provides online self-learning packages, which are available to the public.</p><p dir="ltr"></p> </div> </div> <div class="sf_colsIn col-sm-12 col-md-4 col-md-push-1">  <div id="sf-accordion" class="sf-accordion">  <div class="sf-accordion__panel statistics-panel is-active"> <div class="sf-accordion__trigger-panel"><a href="#">Impact</a></div> <div class="sf-accordion__content"> <div id="statistics-slider-38b25c87-79c4-4586-ab6b-1cfd267c1aba" class="statistics-slider statistics-slider__activity"> <div class="statistics-slide"> <div class="statistics-slide__text-box"> <h2 class="text-box__heading">2800 professionals</h2> <h3 class="text-box__subheading">trained in 2018</h3> <p class="text-box__content">WHO trained 2800 health professionals in 141 countries on health security in 2018. </p> <a href="https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/312267" target="_blank" class="cta-button">Find out more</a> </div> <figure class="statistics-slide__figure"> <div class="Map"></div> </figure> </div> <div class="statistics-slide"> <div class="statistics-slide__text-box"> <h2 class="text-box__heading">850 lab personnel</h2> <h3 class="text-box__subheading">trained</h3> <p class="text-box__content">WHO trained 850 laboratory personnel in 62 countries in 2018. </p> <a 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