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Saatja: WHO EURO HRH Framework for Action <[email protected]> Saaja: Elen Ohov, Triin Uusberg, SM Info, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], KÖHLER, Kristina Teema: RE: WHO EURO Invitation to Human Resources for Health Data Workshop - 2021 Dear Sir/Madam, This is a gentle follow up to our previous email on the Human Resources for Health Data Workshop to be held virtually on November 30th and December 1st. We look forward to receiving your nominations soonest possible in order to enable the finalization of all necessary arrangements in good time. Thank you for your kind consideration. Kind regards, The Health Workforce team WHO EURO [cid:[email protected]] [Text, email Description automatically generated] From: WHO EURO HRH Framework for Action Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 2:05 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; KÖHLER, Kristina <[email protected]> Subject: WHO EURO Invitation to Human Resources for Health Data Workshop - 2021 Please see the attached correspondence sent from the World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. One or more attachments may be included. Kind regards, The Health Workforce team WHO EURO [cid:[email protected]] [Text, email Description automatically generated] WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L'EUROPE WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО HRH Data Workshop – Insights into collection, planning and policy uses Virtual Session (Zoom) Original: English Part I: 30 November 2021 09:00 - 13:00pm CET & Part II: 1 December 2021 09:00 - 13:00pm CET Concept Note Background The COVID 19 Pandemic has brought in to focus a number of key workforce challenges, not least of these is an accelerated need for good workforce data to support the rapid assessment of changing priorities and workforce challenges. The 13th General programme of work (GPW13) and the European Programme of work (EPW) reinforce the principle that Universal Health Coverage (UHC) cannot be achieved without sufficient health and care workers. This is underpinned also, by Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Workforce 2030, endorsed during the sixty-ninth World Health Assembly (WHA69.19) which calls for harmonization of HRH data and urges all Member States to progress with the implementation of National Health Workforce Accounts (NHWA), Universal Health Coverage and the Sustainable development goals. The Challenge All WHO European Member States have HRH challenges, including workforce shortages and unequal distribution. Accurate and timely health workforce data is crucial for health workforce planning, recruitment, deployment and training. The pandemic has further emphasized the need for strengthened cooperation across Member States across all sub regions of the WHO European Regional Office. In many countries, this period has highlighted an urgent need to address domestic gaps within the health workforce to combat the impact of the pandemic This can only be achieved through accurate and robust health information systems. The Opportunity A strong and effective health workforce that can respond to current priorities can only be achieved by effectively matching the supply and skills of health workers to population needs, both now and in the future. Therefore, a robust understanding of the workforce, its skills and availability and the supply chain is essential if there are to be adequate policy responses to HRH challenges. The Joint Data Collection (JDC) and the NHWA provide a useful framework for Member States that can be used to support the collection of HRH data and to enable them to consider their priority HRH challenges. Scope and purpose page 2 Members states in the European Region have the opportunity to populate the NHWA through completion of the JDC, which will enable countries to progressively improve the availability, quality and use of HRH data on their health workforce [as well as broader health services data]. On 16 – 18 October 2018 WHO held a sub-regional data workshop, in Minsk [Belarus] with Member States, which provided the opportunity for countries to learn about the JDC/NHWA collections to improve health workforce data collection to strengthen human resources for health. While the impact of the pandemic led to an interruption in this work, the HRH programme within the regional office are now seeking to work with MS to progress this important work. Senior officials within member states hold the key to advocating for and supporting the availability and maintenance of robust HCWF data and also using/ benefitting from HRIS. The workshop provides the opportunity to support these officials in presenting the case for robust data [systems], in planning and in related strategic assessments and analysis that can support their uses in sustainable policy formulation, and the development of cogent deliverable strategic changes to service delivery and service reconfiguration. Objectives • Develop an insight into the use of the Health Labour Market Assessment tool and highlight the importance of robust and accurate HRH data how they can be used to develop robust HRH policies • Identify a core set of data/ indicators, useful to MS and WHO in developing policy responses, that MS will collect. • To provide an outline demonstration of the NHWA and JDC platform and web portal to strengthen data collection, • Identify the opportunities to improve policy and strategy formulation with the use of ‘good’ data with reference to data examples and the impact of data gaps. • To introduce and agree key components of future workshops Saatja: WHO EURO HRH Framework for Action <[email protected]> Saadetud: 27.10.2021 15:05 Adressaat: Elen Ohov <[email protected]> Koopia: Triin Uusberg <[email protected]>; SM Info <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; KÖHLER, Kristina <[email protected]> Teema: WHO EURO Invitation to Human Resources for Health Data Workshop - 2021 Please see the attached correspondence sent from the World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. One or more attachments may be included. Kind regards, The Health Workforce team WHO EURO WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION Date: 26 October 2021 ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE Ms Elen Ohov BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L’EUROPE REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA Adviser ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО European Union Affairs and International Co- Head office: operation Department UN City, Marmorvej 51, Ministry of Social Affairs DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Suur-Ameerika 1 Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00; Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Email: [email protected] 10122 Tallinn Website: http://www.euro.who.int Estonia Our reference: Your reference: Notre référence: Votre référence: Unser Zeichen: Ihr Zeichen: См. наш номер: На Ваш номер: Dear Ms Ohov, WHO Regional Office for Europe Human Resources for Health Data Workshop; Insights into collection, planning and policy uses Part 1 -Tuesday November 30th 2021 (9:00am - 13:00pm CET) and Part 2 – Wednesday December 1st 2021 (9:00am – 13:00pm CET) I have the honour to inform you that the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe will hold the above-mentioned workshop. WHO European Member States face challenges, including workforce shortages and unequal distribution. A strong and effective health workforce that can respond to current priorities can only be achieved by effectively matching the supply and skills of health workers to population needs, both now and in the future. Accurate and timely health workforce data is essential if there are to be adequate policy responses to Human Resource for Health challenges. As committed by the Member States in 2016 during the sixty-ninth WHA, updated health workforce statistics are released annually through NHWA and JDC platform to feed into several global data mandates and initiatives such as WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO), the UN SDG database, UHC monitoring, World Development Indicators, World Bank, among others. So that we might support this important commitment on the part of Member States and build stronger relationships to increase the robustness of future data collections, WHO Regional Office for Europe is organizing a focused meeting to explore the uses of data including in planning and strategic policy and services delivery. The meeting will also present information and examples of the use of data in policy making and the implementation of health strategy and an insight into the use of Health Labour Market tools as in assuring the sustainability of health delivery. I have the pleasure to invite you to nominate up to 4 people from your country to attend in this workshop. The participants should be senior officials from the Ministry of Health Human Resources for Health team (or the team responsible for health workforce supply), the team(s) responsible for workforce data and those others responsible for workforce supply (including those in other ministries). UN City, Marmorvej 51 Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00 Email: [email protected] DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Website: http://www.euro.who.int Denmark The working language will be English and simultaneous interpretation into Russian will be provided. The workshop will take place online, and the participants will receive a Zoom link after confirmation of their attendance. We look forward to receiving your nominations, giving full names, functional titles, and email addresses of the attendee/s, at your early convenience, and no later than 12 November 2021. We shall then communicate with them directly and provide them with the necessary documentation and administrative information in good time. Cris Scotter, Technical Officer for Human Resources for Health, is responsible for this event. Please kindly address your nominations and any correspondence in this regard at [email protected]. A draft concept note is hereby attached. Sincerely yours, Dr Natasha Azzopardi Muscat Director, Division of Country Health Policies and Systems Encls: Concept Note Copy for information to: Ms Triin Uusberg, Head, European and International Coordination Department, Ministry of Social Affairs, Suur-Ameerika 1, 10129 Tallinn, Estonia H.E. Ms Katrin Saarsalu-Layachi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 28A, CH-1209 Genève, Switzerland H.E. Mr William Mart Laanemäe, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Estonia, Frederiksgade 19, 4th floor, 1265 Copenhagen K, Denmark Ms Kristina Köhler, Liaison Officer, WHO Country Office, Estonia, Paldiski Road 81, 10617 Tallinn, Estonia –2–