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Pay community health workers
Oped, Published on 26/10/2023
» At least six million women worldwide provide unpaid or grossly underpaid labour in community-health centres, often in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Many work as community-health workers. But, though this is a skilled job that should be salaried, only 34 countries offer community-health workers (CHWs) accreditation, training, and salaries, leaving the majority exploited and therefore less effective for their patients. If we are serious about making "health for all" a global priority, this must change.
Indian health workers under siege
Asia focus, Published on 13/04/2020
» Dr Rameshwar Jha and his colleagues working at the government hospital in Motihari in Bihar state are extremely stressed. For over two weeks, they have been tending to an increasing number of suspected coronavirus sufferers in the emergency room, without personal protective equipment (PPE).
Superstar concert to support health workers
Published on 17/04/2020
» Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and the Rolling Stones will be among the headliners of a show to be broadcast globally on Saturday in support of healthcare workers combatting coronavirus.
Health workers back farm chemical ban
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/10/2019
» Several hospitals and the public health office in the northeastern province of Si Sa Ket yesterday put up signs in support of the proposed ban on the use of paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos.
New York health workers decry 'abysmal' protection
AFP, Published on 28/03/2020
» NEW YORK: Medical staff in America's coronavirus hotbed New York are struggling with long hours and a dire need for protective equipment — and as infections surge, they increasingly fear for their own safety.
Daily-wage health workers seek more benefits
Post Reporters, Published on 30/06/2020
» A group representing hospital daily-wage workers nationwide is calling for better fringe benefits, saying they also deserve a work benefit upgrade being offered salaried staff as a reward for their good work in containing the coronavirus.
Health workers clearly among our greatest assets
News, Published on 30/08/2018
» Health workers are the cornerstone of effective and equitable health services. By increasing the numbers and skills of health workers, at the same time as working to enhance their equitable distribution, countries across the World Health Organisation (WHO) Southeast Asia Region are improving the quality and reach of health services and advancing the quest to achieve universal health coverage.
Australian health workers suspended for threatening Israelis
Published on 13/02/2025
» Two Australian medical workers caught on video making threats against Israeli patients have set off an uproar in a country where there has been a spate of antisemitic attacks in recent weeks.
Hospital offers free jabs to health workers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/05/2021
» MedPark Hospital is offering free Covid-19 vaccine doses to thousands of medical staff working in private clinics in the capital in a bid to boost confidence in vaccination, said Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.
Hundreds of vaccinated Indonesian health workers infected
Reuters, Published on 17/06/2021
» JAKARTA: More than 350 doctors and healthcare workers have caught Covid-19 in Indonesia despite being vaccinated with Sinovac and dozens have been hospitalised, officials said, as concerns grow about the efficacy of some vaccines against more infectious variants.