{"id":11844,"date":"2018-10-24T16:33:52","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T15:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2018-10-24-WHPA-response-to-Astana-Declaration.pdf"},"modified":"2018-10-24T16:33:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T15:33:52","slug":"2018-10-24-whpa-response-to-astana-declaration-2","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/fr\/2018-10-24-whpa-response-to-astana-declaration-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2018-10-24 WHPA response to Astana Declaration"},"author":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"description":{"rendered":"

2018-10-24 WHPA response to Astana Declaration<\/a><\/p>\n

World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA)
\nC\/o FDI World Dental Federation, Avenue Louis-Casa\u00ef, 51, 1216 Geneva, Switzerland
\ninfo@whpa.org – http:\/\/www.whpa.org\/
\nInvolvement of Regulated Health Professionals key to meeting
\ncommitments made in the Astana Declaration
\nWHPA acknowledges the Astana Declaration on Primary Health Care: From Alma-Ata
\ntowards Universal Health Coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals and welcomes
\nthe strong emphasis on health care system strengthening and the importance of supporting
\nthe health workforce.
\nThe World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA) speaks for more than 31 million health
\nprofessionals across 130 countries and brings together the International Council of Nurses,
\nInternational Pharmaceutical Federation, World Confederation for Physical Therapy, FDI
\nWorld Dental Federation and the World Medical Association. WHPA works to improve global
\nhealth and the quality of health services and facilitates collaboration among the health
\nprofessions and other major stakeholders.
\nOn 25 and 26 October 2018 the world will come together for the second Global Conference
\non Primary Health Care, in Astana, Kazakhstan to reaffirm the principles of the Declaration of
\nAlma-Ata which was signed 40 years ago. The importance of Primary Health Care (PHC) for
\nthe 21st century will be highlighted and states will renew their commitment to strengthening
\nPHC to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the Sustainable Development Goals
\n(SDGs). The outcome of the event is the Astana Declaration on Primary Health Care. WHPA
\nbelieves this declaration provides an opportunity for states to increase their efforts in
\ndeveloping health systems while ensuring there is adequate support for health care
\nprofessionals.
\nThe alliance would like to highlight the continued critical role that regulated health
\nprofessionals play in achieving UHC. The global economy is projected to create around 40
\nmillion new health sector jobs by 2030; mostly in middle- and high- income countries. Despite
\nthe anticipated growth in jobs there will be a projected shortage of 18 million health workers
\nto achieve and sustain the SDGs primarily in low and lower-middle income countries.
\nTo respond to this need, unregulated workforce programmes, for example with Community-
\nBased Workers (CBW), will be implemented. These programmes will engage workers with
\nvarying competencies and remits. WHPA recognises the need for additional staffing and the
\nrole that unregulated workers play. Further WHPA emphasises the importance of the health
\ncare team consisting of different disciplines and specialities in delivering good quality health
\ncare. WHPA stresses that patient safety remains of paramount importance and should not be
\nneglected in efforts to bridge the gaps in the workforce. Regulated health professionals are
\nbound by ethical frameworks and have a scope of practice designed around the complex care
\nneeds of patients. Unregulated workers should not be utilised as a cheaper replacement for
\nregulated health professionals, as they lack the breadth and depth of knowledge needed to
\nadequately respond to and support the health needs presented.
\nWHPA stresses the need for adequate planning and monitoring to avoid generating a
\nfragmented and disjointed system that fails to meet the total health needs of the patient. WHO
\ndefines that primary health care is about caring for people, rather than simply treating specific
\ndiseases or conditions. This requires a wholistic, people-centre approach with adequately
\ntrained staff who can respond to the complex needs of the patient, rather than solely
\nperforming limited, defined tasks.
\nProgrammes need to be implemented in such a way that does not lead to a series of
\ndisconnected and parallel services that are both inefficient and confusing. Such services are
\nnot only detrimental to the care of the patient and the health system, but they may also lead
\nto de-motivation and high attrition rates of both regulated health professionals and unregulated
\nworkers.
\nWHPA offers its expertise and assistance to the WHO and states for the development of
\nrecommendations and guidelines to effectively incorporate unregulated health workers into
\nhealth systems.
\nIn addition, WHPA insists that health promotion efforts are conducted within an ethical
\nframework. Involving regulated health care professionals in this work can help to ensure that
\nstigmatising images and coercion are avoided. In this way effective and sensitive promotion
\nwill reach the target individuals and have tangible impact on their lifestyles, enabling them to
\nhave real ownership of their health and health care.
\nWHPA looks forward to the impact resulting from the renewed energy and commitments made
\nin October 2018 and stands ready to support WHO and states in achieving UHC and SDGs.
\nOctober 2018
\nAbout the World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA)
\nThe World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA) speaks for more than 31 million health care
\nprofessionals worldwide, assembling essential knowledge and experience from the key health
\ncare professions in more than 130 countries.
\nThe WHPA was formed in 1999 and now brings together the global organizations representing
\nthe world\u2019s dentists, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists and physicians. We work to
\nfacilitate collaboration among the health professions and major stakeholders such as
\ngovernments and international organizations, including the World Health Organization. By
\nworking in collaboration, instead of along parallel tracks, patients and health care systems
\nbenefit.
\nTogether, the partners of the WHPA include more than 600 national member organizations,
\nmaking us the key point of global access to health care professionals within the five disciplines.
\nThe International Council of Nurses (ICN) is a federation of more than 130 national nurses
\nassociations (NNAs), representing the more than 20 million nurses worldwide. Founded in
\n1899, ICN is the world\u2019s first and widest reaching international organisation for health
\nprofessionals. Operated by nurses and leading nurses internationally, ICN works to ensure
\nquality nursing care for all, sound health policies globally, the advancement of nursing
\nknowledge, and the presence worldwide of a respected nursing profession and a competent
\nand satisfied nursing workforce. www.icn.ch
\nInternational Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) is the global federation of national
\nassociations of pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists representing more than three
\nmillion pharmacists around the world. www.fip.org
\nFDI World Dental Federation (FDI) is a federation of approximately 200 national dental
\nassociations and specialist groups from over 130 countries representing more than one million
\ndentists worldwide. www.fdiworldental.org
\nWorld Medical Association (WMA) is the global federation of national medical associations
\nfrom around the world, directly and indirectly representing the views of more
\nthan nine million physicians in over 106 countries. www.wma.net
\nWorld Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT), the global voice for physical
\ntherapists\/physiotherapists, has 106 national member organisations representing over
\n350,000 members of the profession. www.wcpt.org<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"

2018-10-24 WHPA response to Astana Declaration World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA) C\/o FDI World Dental Federation, Avenue Louis-Casa\u00ef, 51, 1216 Geneva, Switzerland info@whpa.org – http:\/\/www.whpa.org\/ Involvement of Regulated Health Professionals key to meeting commitments made in the Astana Declaration WHPA acknowledges the Astana Declaration on Primary Health Care: From Alma-Ata towards Universal Health Coverage and […]<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"file","mime_type":"application\/pdf","media_details":{},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/2018-10-24-WHPA-response-to-Astana-Declaration.pdf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wma.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11844"}]}}