Publications
Key publications
The toolkit for a sustainable health workforce in the WHO European Region (2018)
The toolkit is aimed at policy-makers, human resources for health (HRH) planners and professionals, and other stakeholders, such as education institutions and those implementing policy.
Small countries initiative: micro case studies on human resources for health (2020)
Work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Human Resources for Health resultesd in 16 micro case studies: 9 on postgraduate training and 7 on the monitoring and management of health-workforce mobility.
Meeting of Government Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officers, WHO collaborating centres and the European Forum of National Nursing and Midwifery Associations in the WHO European Region
Athens, Greece, 3–4 October 2018
Midwifery Assessment Tool for Education (MATE) (2020)
The tool aims to support Member States wishing to develop midwifery education to strengthen the midwifery and nursing workforce across Europe and thereby accelerate progress in implementing the European strategic directions for strengthening nursing and midwifery towards 2020 goals.
How to keep people at the centre of health and sustainable development policies (2019)
25th annual meeting of the Regions for Health Network Aachen (Germany), Maastricht (Netherlands), Liège (Belgium), Hasselt (Belgium) 26–28 June 2019
Tomorrow’s human resources for health – today’s priority (Public Health Panorama, September 2017)
This issue of Panorama highlights the critical role that health workers play in ensuring the sustainability and resilience of health systems and a high quality of services in the WHO European Region.
Eurohealth Special Issue: Priorities for health systems strengthening in the WHO European Region (2016)
The issue explores how Member States are strengthening their health systems in line with the recently launched strategic document "Priorities for health systems strengthening in the WHO European Region 2015–2020: walking the talk on people centredness".
Making progress towards health workforce sustainability in the WHO European region (2015)
This paper reports on progress in recent years on achieving the aims and objectives of the WHO global code of practice on the international recruitment of health personnel in the European Region
How can countries address the efficiency and equity implications of health professional mobility in Europe? (2015)
This brief analyses the impact of free mobility of health professionals for destination countries, source countries and the EU as a whole, and presents the policy tools which decision-makers can use to address its effects on efficiency and equity
Implementation of the Tallinn Charter: Final report (2015)
The purpose of this report is to collate and present the ways in which the Tallinn Charter has been operationalized in health system strengthening activities across the WHO European Region
Strengthening a competent health workforce for the provision of coordinated/ integrated health services (2015)
The paper proposes a list of competencies to be consolidated by the health workforce in order to realize coordinated/integrated health services delivery.
Health Policy Paper Series No. 18: Health workers from the Republic of Moldova: changing professions (2015)
With the support of the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the WHO Office in the Republic of Moldova, a comprehensive study was conducted on the phenomenon of leaving the health system and abandoning the medical profession in favour of other areas of activity.
Health professional mobility in a changing Europe. New dynamics, mobile individuals and diverse responses (2014)
Health professional mobility remains an unfinished agenda in Europe, at a time when the repercussions of the financial crisis continue to have an impact on the European health workforce and its patterns of mobility.
Health workers originating from the Republic of Moldova who live and work in Romania (2014)
A comprehensive study on the situation of Moldovan health workers working in the Romanian medical system including factors motivating emigration; their professional and social integration; and their prospects of return.
The costs of training health professionals in the Republic of Moldova (2014)
Results of an econometric study commissioned with the aim of elucidating the average cost per graduate of training for medical doctors and nurses in the Republic of Moldova, and thus appreciating the cost of brain and brain waste.
WHO policy dialogue on international health workforce mobility and recruitment challenges technical report (2013)
This report summarizes the key issues and conclusions of a policy dialogue on international health workforce mobility and recruitment challenges held in Amsterdam in May 2013.
Attracting and retaining health workers in the member states of the South-eastern Europe Health Network: a policy brief (2011)
This policy brief is designed to inform policy deliberations on how to improve retention of health workers in rural and remote areas of the nine SEEHN member states.
