COVID-19 Information Hub for Africa
See the Atlas of African Health Statistics 2022
| Data and statistics Analytics Knowledge
National Health Observatories Toolkits Opinions Data Bank
  1. Home
  2. Africa Health Workforce Observatory
...

Africa Health Workforce Observatory

Health Workforce Data

The data are related to all people engaged in actions whose primary intent is to enhance health. The health worker occupations are classified according to the latest version of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO - 08) within and across countries in the WHO African region

Resources and guides

Various documents and guides related to HWF Policy and planning, HWF Governance, HWF education and training, Health Labour market analysis, National Health Workforce Accounts, National Health Workforce Observatories, Health occupational & safety, HWF Migration, HRH Resolutions, Country profiles and WHO fellowship guide

Training institutions

A Directory of the existing Education & Training Institutions in Health in the 47 countries in the WHO African region. This directory is under development and is not comprehensive. WHO does not endorse any of those institutions and assumes no responsibility or guarantees for the products or services provided by these institutions

Nursing & midwifery

WHO and partners including key stakeholders support, monitor and evaluate nursing and midwifery accomplishments to ensure accessible, acceptable, quality, and safe nursing and midwifery interventions. On the occasion of the International year of the nurse and midwife 2020-21, WHO with other partners celebrate the importance of nurses and midwives in healthcare

Announcements

The Types of announcements will be HWF related or of interest: events, job vacancies in HWF, consultations, news, training, new products from all levels of WHO