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Invest in Health Workers Petition

Health workers save lives. Millions of moms and children could be saved if world leaders invested in training and supporting more health workers, especially in communities most in need.

The Desired Outcome:

World leaders must make this investment so that every mother and child has access to a health worker.

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Dear World Leaders:

In 2000, heads of State and Government met at the United Nations (UN) to commit to the achievement of eight anti-poverty goals by the year 2015.

In 2010, the UN launched the Global Strategy on Women’s and Children’s Health, calling upon governments and policymakers at all levels to strengthen health systems to achieve these goals.  This included investing in more health workers around the world.

Fourteen countries responded to that call with specific commitments to accelerate the training and recruitment of health workers in the world’s poorest countries so that they can provide mothers and children with greater access to the lifesaving care.

One year later, we are standing together to encourage these countries to keep their promises to maintain and expand funding for training, support and recruitment of health workers in poor countries.

In addition, we are asking countries that have not yet made a commitment on health workers – both donor and developing countries alike – to make such a pledge at the one year anniversary of the Global Strategy launch in 2011. 

The shortage of health workers is a crisis. We need to empower health workers who are on the front lines meeting the needs of the world’s poorest communities, and add more to their ranks. Addressing that shortage is central to the fulfillment of the Millennium Development Goals and the prevention of millions of avoidable child deaths. 

Bold leadership can ensure a health worker within reach of every vulnerable child. We can’t afford not to act.

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