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6 November 2025—WHPA urges COP30 to build climate-smart, health professional-led health systems under the Belém Health Action Plan
25 September 2025—At the 4th United Nations High-Level Meeting on non-communicable diseases WHPA calls on global leaders to invest in health professionals
19 August 2025—New data released today shows that WHPA's call to safeguard healthcare facilities and personnel in areas of conflict, in accordance with international law, is more relevant than ever.
19 May 2025—At its WHA78 side event, WHPA's leadership called on the global health community and its funders to continue support for investment in health professionals despite radical funding cuts and changes to the global health landscape.
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The evidence is clear: investing in the health workforce delivers substantial economic returns. An economy of health for all is impossible without sustained and strategic investment in the people who deliver health.
WHPA stresses that AI must support—not replace—the patient–health professional relationship. Licensed health professionals must retain final clinical authority, and patient confidentiality and data privacy must be fully protected.
WHPA is concerned about excessive active recruitment of health professionals in low-income countries and urges member states to require high-income countries to co-invest in the health workforces of source countries.
Global health is facing major budget cuts and a health workforce shortage, yet climate change is a growing global health emergency. We welcome the Global Action Plan on Climate Change and Health.
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