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World Health Organization (WHO)
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October 15 will mark the third in a webinar series on rural health equity with "Policies to develop, attract, recruit and retain health workers in rural and remote areas, and promote gender equality for rural women through health workforce policies" on the occasion of the International Day of Rural Women.
Greeting by the Co-Chairs:
- Theadora Swift Koller, Senior Technical Advisor, Health Equity, World Health Organization
- Michelle McIsaac, Labour Economist, Health Workforce, World Health Organization
Panel:
- Working in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas and with children with disabilities in Cagayan Valley in Luzon – Evelyn Acluba, Public Health Nurse, Philippines
- Community Health Workers in Rural Areas: Opportunities for Gender Equality – Madeleine Ballard, Co-Founder & CEO, Community Health Impact Coalition
- Why it's important to establish training for the health workforce in rural areas, and how to do it? – Nagwa Nashat Hegazy, Director of the Medical Education and Human Resources Development Center, and Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Egypt, Mr Issa Doumbia, Director of Human Resources from the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Mali
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World Health Organization (WHO)