Each speaker in this session will spend 10 minutes each to emphasize how he/she faces many common challenges and although context, levels of funding and approaches may differ significantly between countries, there are a core set of challenges that all countries need to address if to overcome the workforce barriers to UHC and the SDGs and investment on HWF for continuing professional development and for development of recommendations.

The speaker’s names and topics:

Prof. Dr. Neil Squires: UK’s experience in preparing the health workforce to serve the future population.

Dr. Hirotsugu Aiga: Health workforce development in Japan and JICA’s partner countries.

Dr. Daniel Kertesz: WHO’s partnership in developing health workforce in a different part of the world

Prof. Dr. Wanicha Chuenkongkaew (Moderator): Sharing Thailand’s movement on the development of the health workforce and health professional education