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padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding-right: 10px;"> <h3>Regional dialogue on diaspora engagement in health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region</h3> <p>The WHO Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean, in collaboration with the IOM Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa will host a regional dialogue on diaspora engagement in health in the Region on 28 June 2022. This is the first session in a series of regional dialogues as part of collaborative plans between the two organizations to maintain a continuous dialogue on international mobility of health professionals in the Region. The event will be hybrid, held in the WHO Regional Office in Cairo and virtually.</p> <p><a href="https://who-e.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpcOCorDwvGNcXWLMCDmxuEel9ZMQk5s0Q" target="_blank"><img src="/images/stories/health-workforce/regional-dialogue-on-diaspora-engagement-in-health-in-emr.jpg" alt="health-workers-celebrated" title="health-workers-celebrated" /></a></p> <h3><a href="https://who-e.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpcOCorDwvGNcXWLMCDmxuEel9ZMQk5s0Q" target="_blank">Register here</a></h3> </div> <div class="section group"> <div class="box-border healthworkforce" style="overflow: hidden; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding-right: 10px;"> <div class="featured-banner drkblue"> <h3 style="padding-top: 0.5rem;">Health Worker Recognition Awards</h3> </div> <p>WHO Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean recognizes and appreciates the untiring efforts and services of all health workers , especially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a Health Workers Recognition Award at the occasion of 2021 as the International Year of Health and Care Workers, for their outstanding contribution. We congratulate the awardees for their outstanding contribution to improving health services and strengthening health workforce in the Region.</p> <div class="col span_3_of_12"><img src="/images/stories/health-workforce/maryna.jpg" alt="Dr Maryna Doumit" title="Dr Maryna Doumit" class="responsive-image" style="border: 1px solid #ececec; margin-bottom: 10px;" /> <p><span class="Bold">Leadership</span><br /><a href="/images/stories/health-workforce/health_workers_recognition_myrna_doumit.pdf" target="_blank">Dr Maryna Doumit<br /></a>Nurse, Lebanon</p> </div> <div class="col span_3_of_12"><img src="/images/stories/health-workforce/hinda_ali.jpg" alt="Ms Hinda Ali" title="Ms Hinda Ali" class="responsive-image" style="border: 1px solid #ececec; margin-bottom: 10px;" /> <p><strong>Service Delivery</strong><br /><a href="/images/stories/health-workforce/health_workers_recognition_hinda_ali.pdf" target="_blank">Ms Hinda Ali<br /></a>Nurse/Midwife, Somalia</p> </div> <div class="col span_3_of_12"><img src="/images/stories/health-workforce/dr_may_almeriasi.jpg" alt="Dr. May Jasem Almeraisi" title="Dr. May Jasem Almeraisi" class="responsive-image" style="border: 1px solid #ececec; margin-bottom: 10px;" /> <p><strong>Service Delivery<br /></strong><a href="/images/stories/health-workforce/health_workers_recognition_award_may_jasem.pdf?ua=1" target="_blank"> Dr May El Meraisi and the COVID-19 mental health Helpline Team<br /></a>Clinical psychologist, Qatar</p> </div> <div class="col span_3_of_12"><img src="/images/stories/health-workforce/prof_hamdy.jpg" alt="Prof Hossam Hamdy" title="Prof Hossam Hamdy" class="responsive-image" style="border: 1px solid #ececec; margin-bottom: 10px;" /> <p><strong>Health Professionals Education<br /></strong><a href="/images/stories/health-workforce/health_workers_recognition_hossam_hamdy.pdf?ua=1" target="_blank" style="background-color: #ffffff;">Prof Hossam Hamdy<br /></a>Medical doctor, Egypt</p> </div> </div> <div class="section group"> <div class="box-border healthworkforce" style="overflow: hidden; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <h3> Year of the Health and Care Workers 2021</h3> <p><img src="/images/stories/health-workforce/health-workers-celebrated.png" width="700" height="147" alt="health-workers-celebrated" title="health-workers-celebrated" /></p> <p>2021 has been designated as the International Year of Health and Care Workers in appreciation and gratitude for their unwavering dedication in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO is launching a year-long campaign, under the theme –<b> Protect. Invest. Together.  </b>It highlights the urgent need to invest in health workers for shared dividends in health, jobs, economic opportunity and equity.</p> <p><a href="https://www.who.int/campaigns/annual-theme/year-of-health-and-care-workers-2021" target="_blank">Read more </a></p> <h4>Key dates for advocacy</h4> <p><a href="https://www.frontlinehealthworkers.org/world-health-worker-week" data-sf-ec-immutable="" target="_blank">World Health Worker Week: 5–9 April<br /></a><a href="https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/2021" target="_blank" style="background-color: #ffffff;">World Health Day: 7 April<br /></a><a href="https://internationalmidwives.org/icm-events/international-day-of-the-midwife-2021.html" data-sf-ec-immutable="" target="_blank" style="background-color: #ffffff;">International Day of the Midwife: 5 May<br /></a><a href="https://www.icn.ch/what-we-do/campaigns/international-nurses-day" data-sf-ec-immutable="" target="_blank" style="background-color: #ffffff;">International Nurses Day: 12 May</a></p> </div> <div class="box-border healthworkforce" style="overflow: hidden; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <p><a href="http://applications.emro.who.int/docs/EMCSR280E.pdf?ua=1" target="_blank" class="image-right"><img src="/images/stories/coronavirus/health_workfornce_response.png" alt="Health workforce response to the COVID-19 pandemic, April 2020" title="Health workforce response to the COVID-19 pandemic, April 2020" width="300" height="420" /></a></p> <h3>COVID-19</h3> <p>Health workers are at the forefront of the response to COVID-19, both as service providers and as high-risk groups for contracting the disease. The rapidly increasing workload has resulted in shortages in the health workforce as well as producing a highly stressful working environment with long working hours, psychological distress, fatigue and occupational burnout.</p> <p>The WHO Regional Office has developed an interim guidance note to guide actions. A number of other guidance notes and tools are also available to support actions.  </p> <p><a href="http://applications.emro.who.int/docs/EMCSR280E.pdf?ua=1" target="_blank">Health workforce response to the COVID-19 pandemic</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/health-workers">Guidance for health workers</a> <a href="http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-technical-guidance/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-outbreak-technical-guidance-europe/strengthening-the-health-system-response-to-covid-19/surge-planning-tools"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/health-emergencies/coronavirus-covid-19/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-technical-guidance/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-outbreak-technical-guidance-europe/strengthening-the-health-system-response-to-covid-19/surge-planning-tools">Surge planning tools for visualizing acute and intensive care capacity needs over time and planning of human resources for health systems</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/13-05-2020-launch-of-the-who-academy-and-the-who-info-mobile-applications" target="_blank">WHO Academy mobile application</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="section group"> <div class="box-border healthworkforce" style="overflow: hidden; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <p class="image-right"><img src="/images/stories/health-workforce/snapshot-thumbnail.jpg" alt="snapshot" title="snapshot" width="150" height="210" /></p> <h3>Health workforce country snapshots</h3> <p>The health workforce snapshots were developed to provide a brief overview of the health workforce situation in each country of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. The snapshots are based on quantitative and qualitative data, highlighting key health workforce issues in countries.</p> <p><a href="/health-workforce/resources/health-workforce-snapshots.html" target="_blank">Country snapshots</a></p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="section group"> <div class="box-border healthworkforce" style="overflow: hidden; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding-right: 10px;"> <h3><a href="/health-workforce/highlights/framework-for-action-on-health-workforce-development.html" target="_blank"><img src="/images/stories/health-workforce/framework_for_action.jpg" alt="Framework_for_action" title="Framework_for_action" class="image-left" width="90" height="116" />The Framework for Action on Health Workforce Development in the Eastern Mediterranean Region 2017–2030</a></h3> <p>The Framework for Action on Health Workforce Development in the Eastern Mediterranean Region 2017-2030 was endorsed at the 64th Regional Committee in Islamabad, Pakistan in October 2017.</p> <p>» <a href="/health-workforce/highlights/framework-for-action-on-health-workforce-development.html">Read more</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="section group" style="padding-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <div class="col span_4_of_12 box-border" style="padding: 1px;"><a href="/health-workforce/strategy/index.html"><img src="/images/stories/health-workforce/workforce-strategy.jpg" alt="Health workforce: strategy/policy" title="Health workforce: strategy/policy" style="padding-top: 10px; padding-left: 10px;" /></a> <h3 style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="/health-workforce/strategy/index.html">Strategy/policy</a></h3> </div> <div class="col span_4_of_12 box-border" style="padding: 2px;"><a href="/healthworkforce-observatory/index.html"><img src="/images/stories/health-workforce/health_workforce_observatory.png" alt="Health workforce observatory" title="Health workforce observatory" style="padding-left: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" /></a> <h3 style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="/healthworkforce-observatory/index.html" target="_blank">Health workforce observatory</a></h3> </div> <div class="col span_4_of_12 box-border" style="padding: 2px;"><a href="/health-workforce/fellowships/index.html"><img src="/images/stories/health-workforce/health_workforce_fellowships.jpg" alt="Health workforce: fellowships" title="Health workforce: fellowships" style="padding-left: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" /></a> <h3 style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="/health-workforce/fellowships/index.html">Fellowships</a></h3> </div> </div> <div class="section group"> <div class="box-border" style="overflow: hidden; padding-left: 10px;"> <div class="col span_3_of_9"><img src="/images/stories/health-workforce/sdg-goal-3.png" alt="sdg-goal-3" title="sdg-goal-3" style="padding-top: 10px;" width="236" height="142" /></div> <div class="col span_4_of_9" style="margin-left: 0;"> <h3 style="color: #8d8c8c; padding-top: 10px;">Sustainable Development Goals target (3c)</h3> <blockquote class="blockquote-whd-messages"><b></b> <p><span class="blockquote-text-whd"><b></b>Substantially increase health financing, and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, …<b></b></span></p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="col span_2_of_9"><a href="https://human-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/" target="_blank"><img src="/images/stories/health-workforce/hrh-journal.png" alt="Human resources for health journal" title="Human resoures for health journal" style="margin-left: 20px;" width="150" height="136" /></a> <p style="margin-left: 20px;"><a href="https://human-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/" target="_blank">Human Resources for Health journal</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section group" style="padding-top: 10px;"> <div class="box-border" style="overflow: hidden; 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