Health and Healthcare

How to protect healthcare workers – and improve pandemic preparedness

Health workers wearing protective face masks react during a tribute for their co-worker Esteban, a male nurse that died of the coronavirus disease, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, outside the Severo Ochoa Hospital in Leganes, Spain, April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2N3G9J7MA2

Healthcare workers are our greatest assets in fighting a pandemic. Here’s how we can support them. Image: REUTERS/Susana Vera

Amira Ghouaibi
Project Lead, Women’s Health Initiative, World Economic Forum
Mbali Motsoeneng
Digital Content Curator and Engagement Specialist, World Economic Forum
Share:
Our Impact
The Big Picture
Explore and monitor how Health and Healthcare is affecting economies, industries and global issues
A hand holding a looking glass by a lake
Crowdsource Innovation
Get involved with our crowdsourced digital platform to deliver impact at scale
Stay up to date:

Health and Healthcare

Listen to the article

Have you read?

WHO 2021 Year of the Health and Care Worker Campaign
Why we need to protect and support our healthcare workers Image: WHO

Discover

What is the World Economic Forum doing to manage emerging risks from COVID-19?

Don't miss any update on this topic

Create a free account and access your personalized content collection with our latest publications and analyses.

Sign up for free

License and Republishing

World Economic Forum articles may be republished in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the World Economic Forum.

Related topics:
Health and HealthcarePandemic Preparedness and ResponseHealthcare DeliveryGlobal HealthMental HealthFuture of WorkCOVID-19JRS2021
Share:
World Economic Forum logo
Global Agenda

The Agenda Weekly

A weekly update of the most important issues driving the global agenda

Subscribe today

You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails. For more details, review our privacy policy.

How Gen Z are reshaping the healthcare industry

Sam Glick

September 26, 2023

About Us

Events

Media

Partners & Members

  • Join Us

Language Editions

Privacy Policy & Terms of Service

© 2023 World Economic Forum