National Workforce Capacity for Essential Public Health Functions fact sheet

Every country needs national workforce capacity to implement the essential public health functions (EPHFs). It is the most cost-effective, comprehensive, and sustainable way to contain and manage public health hazards and to enhance the health of populations. Building this capacity requires expanding, supporting and enabling the diverse range of occupations and specialists that constitute the national workforce for essential public health functions.

Launched in 2022, the National Workforce Capacity for EPHFs Roadmap was designed through joint efforts across leading public health and emergency response experts, organizations and associations. The Roadmap focuses on priority actions to integrate public health workforce policy and investment decisions in national health sector strategic plans and relevant mechanisms contributing to a vision of a strengthened public health workforce in every country.