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World Health Day: Working together for health

7 April 2006

Celebrate World Health Day 2006
Health workers - the people who provide health care to those who need it - are the heart of health systems. But around the world, the health workforce is in crisis - a crisis to which no country is entirely immune. The results are evident: clinics with no health workers, hospitals that cannot recruit or keep key staff.
Working together for health

Global launch
Video compilation of the highlights from Lusaka and London
Video [wmv 25:16]

Video clips
- Global village
- Development threats
- Human factor

Message from the Director-General
Full text

"The public health situation in many developing countries is outrageous. In many regions in Africa, a whole generation is at risk because of AIDS. They need well-trained, equipped and motivated doctors and nurses."
Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid

Fact sheets
- Migration of health workers
- The global shortage of health workers and its impact

Press release
World Health Day 2006

Doctors in their own words
Photo story

COUNTRY FOCUS: THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Heroes for health in the Central African Republic
Setting the scene for our upcoming photo feature Heroes for health, this is the gripping story of four Central African health workers, saving lives under difficult circumstances.
Heroes for health

Video feature
Central African Republic: A silent crisis
- Part 1 [streaming wmv, 12:31]
- Part 2 [streaming wmv, 10:30]



FEATURE

Heroes for health
Health workers from around the world tell their stories.
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