Health Workforce and Service Delivery
The Health Workforce and Service Delivery (HWD) team manages a wide portfolio, including programmes on human resources for health, nursing and midwifery, hospitals, rehabilitation, disabilities and assistive technologies. It achieves this working with the most up-to-date data, evidence and research.
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Publications

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Assistive technology capacity assessment in Ireland: easy read
29 April 2026

Assistive technology capacity assessment in Ireland: easy read

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Assistive technology capacity assessment in Ireland: summary report
29 April 2026

Assistive technology capacity assessment in Ireland: summary report

This report presents the findings of Ireland’s assistive technology capacity assessment. Using the WHO Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology...

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Assistive technology capacity assessment in Ireland
29 April 2026

Assistive technology capacity assessment in Ireland

This report presents the findings of Ireland’s assistive technology (AT) capacity assessment. Using the WHO Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology...

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Our work

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Partnering with the EU to support nurses in the European Union (Nursing Action)

Partnering with the EU to support health resilience in the Eastern Partnership countries

Working with partners to strengthen the health and care workforce

Building health workforce leadership capacity

News

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28 April 2026
News release

WHO and partners launch Ukraine campaign to spotlight healing power of arts
10 March 2026
News release

New joint WHO/Europe and European Observatory report outlines policy options to strengthen emergency care in hospitals
23 February 2026
News release

Romania’s health management overhaul: over 9000 professionals trained with WHO support
18 February 2026
Media release

Unsafe nurse staffing in European Region can harm patients and drive nurses out of the profession