Building health workforce leadership capacity

WHO supports the development of human resources for health leadership skills, so that managers can ensure good governance, mobilize multiple stakeholders and establish the vision and strategies to effectively steward the human resources for health agenda.

The COVID-19 pandemic emphasized the crucial need to improve the availability, sustainability and well-being of the health workforce in the Region.

Strong and motivated leadership and good governance are key to delivering people-centred care and improving health workforce efficiency, effectiveness and performance in diverse health systems and health care settings.

As part of this work, WHO organizes training courses on health workforce leadership and management, designed to help government decision-makers build and maintain a thriving and resilient health workforce.