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Jun 1

Safeguarding the Health of Health Workers

The coronavirus outbreak, finally declared on March 11 as a pandemic, has upended our personal and professional lives, wreaked havoc on t...

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Violence and Harassment Against the Health Workforce, an International Legal Approach

Katherine Durand

Nov 21, 2019

Violence and Harassment Against the Health Workforce, an International Legal Approach

Until recently we did not have a way to directly address violence and harassment against health workers at the international level. What ...

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Battling infectious diseases: Exploring the Use of Personal Protective Equipment

Yashaswini Mittal

Aug 22, 2019

Battling infectious diseases: Exploring the Use of Personal Protective Equipment

Health workers are intrinsic to an effective and functional healthcare system. Despite their crucial role, health workers encounter a ran...

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Reflections on the Importance of Mindfulness among Health Workers

Katherine Durand

Aug 9, 2019

Reflections on the Importance of Mindfulness among Health Workers

The 6th Regulating for Decent Work ILO Conference held early last month brought several interesting discussions regarding many aspects of...

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Unjust and Unsustainable Choices for Physicians in Nigeria

Ezekiel Boro

Jul 29, 2019

Unjust and Unsustainable Choices for Physicians in Nigeria

Social media in Nigeria bristled with outrage and grief in April 2019 on news of the death of Dr. Stephen Urueye, a 25 years old graduate of

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What Does Decent Work Mean for Health workers?

Soosmita Sinha

Apr 7, 2019

What Does Decent Work Mean for Health workers?

With the World Health Worker Week in progress, there has been a lot of focus on affirming the pivotal role of health workers

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Impression of the WHO EB144: A Health Worker Focus

Xenia Scheil-Adlung

Feb 18, 2019

Impression of the WHO EB144: A Health Worker Focus

The last WHO EB meeting dedicated some of the session time to discussing issues related to health workers. Besides reporting on the

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Caring for the Carers: The Occupational Hazard of Being a Healthcare Professional

Clara Affun-Adegbulu

Feb 4, 2019

Caring for the Carers: The Occupational Hazard of Being a Healthcare Professional

Plague, cholera, Lassa fever, Ebola, SARS, these are a few of the infectious disease outbreaks the world has seen occur in the last decad...

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Equity in achieving Universal Health Coverage must include equitable treatment of health workers

Alicia Ely Yamin

Dec 24, 2018

Equity in achieving Universal Health Coverage must include equitable treatment of health workers

In October, 2018, the world celebrated 40 years since the Alma Ata Conference on Primary Care.

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