Global health and foreign policy: an inclusive approach to strengthening health systems (2020), para. 33
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Expressing concern at the global shortfall of 18 million health workers, primarily in low- and middle-income countries, and recognizing the need to train, build and retain a skilled and health workforce, including nurses, midwives and community health workers, who are an important element of strong and resilient health systems, and further recognizing that increased investment in a more effective and socially accountable health workforce can unleash significant socioeconomic gains and contribute to the eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions, empowerment of all women and girls and reduction of inequality,