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19 May 2025—At its WHA78 side event, WHPA's leadership called on the global health community and its funders to continue support for investment in health professionals despite radical funding cuts and changes to the global health landscape.
May 2025 - WHPA's updated recommendations for effective interprofessional collaborative practice, including new references to health equity, sustainability, and the use of health data and technology such as electronic health records (EHRs) or artificial intelligence (AI).
3 April 2025—Leaders of WHPA member organizations are speaking at the Summit, calling on ministers to invest in health professionals to improve patient safety.
25 March 2025—WHPA is attending the invitation-only WHO Second Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health, and has joined 50 million members of the health community in signing the conference's Call to Action.
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WHPA called for health professionals and civil society to be included in the development of climate-health strategies to reduce the health burden of climate-related diseases and protect future generations.
WHPA called on WHO to convene those countries driving unethical international recruitment as promised by its DG, and to differentiate between health professionals and other health workers to ensure safe and quality care.
As armed conflicts and attacks on health care increase, WHPA called on member states to include the protection of health professionals in the resolution on WHO's Global Health and Peace Initiative.
At a tense WHA after the breakdown of INB talks on a pandemic agreement, the Alliance urged member states to complete negotiations as soon as possible and to ensure that health equity is the beating heart of the pandemic accord.
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