Resources on Health services sector

  1. Working for Health - Seminar 1 - Highlights

    05 March 2024

    Working for Health 2018- 2023: Catalytic Support for a Strong Health Workforce in the African Region

  2. What labour force survey data can tell us about the workforce in the health and social care sector

    01 September 2023

    The present report describes the results of a special analysis of data from the Labour Force Surveys (LFS) of 56 countries which provided data about health and social care workers in sufficient detail to distinguish between different occupational groups within the workforce. The report covers analyses for 29 countries in Europe and 27 from other regions of the world.

  3. Health sector investment impacts on employment and economic growth: A panel ARDL analysis in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)

    01 September 2023

  4. International labour migration in the health sector - A manual for participatory assessment of policy coherence

    27 July 2023

    The manual is based on existing ILO work and constitutes a step-by-step practical guide to support constituents and other stakeholders at country level in designing more effective health and labour migration policies.

  5. Caring for those who care – Guide for the development and implementation of occupational health and safety programmes for health workers: Executive summary

    20 April 2023

  6. Caring for those who care – Guide for the development and implementation of occupational health and safety programmes for health workers

    18 February 2022

  7. Caring for those who care: National Programmes for Occupational Health for Health Workers

    22 October 2021

    This policy brief, jointly produced by WHO and ILO, is intended to provide a short overview on the issues and recommendations for policy decision-makers in ministries of health and ministries of employment and labour; local authorities; managers of health facilities; professional associations of the various groups of health workers; and organizations of workers and employers in the health sector.

  8. Caring for those who care: National Programmes for Occupational Health for Health Workers

    19 October 2021

    A joint ILO-WHO policy brief

  9. COVID-19: Occupational health and safety for health workers

    05 February 2021

    This WHO-ILO document provides guidance on occupational health and safety measures for health workers and occupational health services in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also outlines the rights and responsibilities for health and safety at work for health workers according to the standards of the International Labour Organization (ILO). The document is intended for employers and health-facility managers, health workers and their representatives, occupational health and safety experts, infection prevention and control experts in public and private health facilities and policy-makers at national and subnational levels.

  10. COVID-19 and health facilities: Checklist of measures to be taken in health facilities

    15 July 2020

    This checklist applies the ILO-WHO HealthWISE participatory, action-orientated approach to prevent COVID-19 infection in health facilities and protect health personnel.