New WHO policy options call for stronger integration of health and care workforce
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世界卫生组织学院发布了新的政策选项，帮助各国更好地认可、发展和支持照护工作者，将其作为卫生人力不可或缺的组成部分，以应对全球日益增长的照护需求——随着人口老龄化以及越来越多的人因残疾、慢性健康状况和其他照护需求而需要支持。 这份题为《照护工作者的发展、管理和支持——迈向整合的卫生与照护人力：政策选项》的新出版物强调，卫生系统依赖于一支强大的照护人力队伍，其中往往以女性为主，她们可能是有偿或无偿的。然而，卫生与照护工作常常是分开规划的，分散在不同部委或预算之中，照护工作者在卫生人力指导文件中也可能被忽视。 “照护工作者对人民和社区的健康与福祉作出了不可或缺的贡献，但在人力规划中，他们的作用往往并不明确。这些政策选项为各国提供了一个实用框架，以便在更广泛的卫生人力之外发展这支急需的人力队伍，”世界卫生组织学院院长托马斯·萨帕塔（Tomas Zapata）博士解释道。 该出版物提供了循证政策选项，指导政府、政策制定者、规划者、雇主、教育者和监管者加强照护人力队伍建设，并将其更有效地纳入卫生人力规划和管理。这些选项涵盖20个专题领域，围绕工作者职业生涯的各阶段组织：进入人力队伍、在整个工作生涯中获得支持以及管理退出。 该出版物还指出了重要的证据缺口，并考虑了性别平等、移民身份以及公共与私营就业和照护环境之间的差异。证据中尤为突出地浮现出两项优先事项：加强教育和培训，以及改善工作条件，包括工资。 Zapata博士说：“更好地认可照护工作，再加上对教育、工作条件和劳动力支持的投入，可以帮助各国建立更可持续、更公平、更以人为本的卫生系统。高质量的教育和终身学习可以帮助照护工作者发展技能、实现职业发展，并与卫生工作者更有效地协同工作。这对于建设一支有能力、受重视且可持续的卫生和照护劳动力队伍至关重要。” 在此处阅读报告
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The WHO Academy has launched new policy options to help countries better recognize, develop and support care workers as an integral part of the health workforce, responding to the growing demand for care worldwide as populations age and increasing numbers of people require support due to disability, chronic health conditions and other care needs. The new publication, Development, management and support of care workers – towards an integrated health and care workforce: policy options, highlights that health systems rely on a strong care workforce, often women and girls, who can be paid or unpaid. Yet health and care are frequently planned separately, divided across ministries or budgets, and care workers can be overlooked in health workforce guidance. “Care workers make an essential contribution to the health and well-being of people and communities, yet their role is often not clear when it comes to workforce planning. These policy options provide countries with a practical framework for developing this much-needed workforce alongside the wider health workforce,” explained Dr Tomas Zapata, Director of the WHO Academy. The publication provides evidence-informed policy options to guide governments, policy-makers, planners, employers, educators and regulators in strengthening the care workforce and integrating it more effectively into health workforce planning and management. The options span 20 thematic areas, organized around the stages of a worker’s career: entering the workforce, being supported throughout working life and managing exits from it. The publication also identifies important evidence gaps and considers gender equality, migrant status and differences between public and private employment and care settings. Two priorities emerge particularly strongly from the evidence: strengthening education and training, and improving working conditions, including wages. “Better recognition of care work, combined with investment in education, working conditions and workforce support, can help countries build more sustainable, equitable and people-centred health systems. High-quality education and lifelong learning can help care workers develop their skills, progress in their careers and work more effectively alongside health workers. This is central to building a capable, valued and sustainable health and care workforce,” said Dr Zapata. Read the report here