The focus is on supporting countries to promote effective and multi-sectoral governance and management of its health workforce, and create a conducive and safe workplace environment, including recruitment, distribution, motivation, and retention strategies through:
- Fostering multisectoral health workforce development dialogues based on evidence on health workforce.
- Supporting countries to implement effective HR management practices for attraction, recruitment, and utilization of health workers.
- Supporting the development and implementation of attraction and retention strategies including working conditions, remuneration, monetary and non-monetary incentives
- Designing evidence-based mechanisms for managing of internal and international migration
- Strengthening capacities for health workforce stewardship, leadership, and management systems
- Strengthening the functionality of professional regulatory bodies and regulation of health worker practice.
- Contributing to the implementation of the Code of Practice for International Recruitment of Health Personnel
