by European Public Health Alliance | Aug 31, 2021 | COVID-19, Health Workforce
By Tobias Weitzel, Ines Siepmann and Robert Otok, ASPHERTwitter: @tobias_weitzel @inessiepmann @ASPHERoffice The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of a well-trained public health workforce. Yet, the next generation of public health professionals is...
by European Public Health Alliance | Aug 31, 2021 | COVID-19, Health Workforce
By Corinne Hinlopen, Health Advocate, Wemos The Covid-19 pandemic has shone a new and brighter light on the importance of a strong and resilient health workforce, as well as on the disparities between the EU Member States regarding health worker availability. With all...
by European Public Health Alliance | Aug 31, 2021 | COVID-19, Health Workforce
Guest article by Dr.med. Erich Theo Merholz, President, Association Européenne des Médecins des HôpitauxThe healthcare system has drastically changed over the last year as European hospitals responded to the pandemic and focused on the treatment of COVID-19 patients....
by European Public Health Alliance | Aug 31, 2021 | COVID-19, Health Workforce
Dr Jean-Paul Zerbib, Fédération Europeéene des Médecins Salariés, EPHA Treasurer & Sascha Marschang, Deputy Director, EPHAAlthough it is unclear by whom the term ‘medical deserts’ was first introduced, it appears to have been progressively discussed since the...
by European Public Health Alliance | May 12, 2021 | Health Workforce
A message from EPHA Director General, Dr Milka Sokolović, on International Nurses Day In every healthcare system, nurses are ones that give the human touch, that offer compassion and warmth, while performing increasingly complex and specialist functions, with a high...
by European Public Health Alliance | May 3, 2021 | COVID-19, Health Workforce
Guest article: Corinne Hinlopen, Global Health Advocate and Policy Researcher at Wemos FoundationIn spite of ambitions to emerge stronger from the COVID-19 crisis, Europe’s €672.5 billion COVID Recovery Package is intended for national recovery plans only. But in an...