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Friend, World Health Worker Week is meant to bring the world together to protect and advocate for health workers. The tragic killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza this week has shown just how urgent it is that everyone come together to demand that humanitarian workers be protected.
Health care and aid workers should never be targets. Nearly 200 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since October including our late colleague, Mohammed Hamed Mansour Madi. As we grieve all the humanitarian workers killed in Gaza, we hope you'll also take a moment to reflect on their sacrifices and keep all those affected by their loss in your thoughts.
One small action you can take today is to learn more about the issues health workers face in Gaza and communities across the world. Become a better advocate by understanding the realities and insecurity they experience every day. Here are a few places to start getting informed:
➥ The Health Worker Who Changed My Life
Meet just a few of the health workers Project HOPE supports and find out how they're changing lives in their communities.
➥ Health workers should not be a casualty of war — they need protections now
Although violence against health care workers and infrastructure has gained traction on the global agenda, there has been little action. Impunity and lack of accountability has enabled attacks to continue.
➥ Health Issues We’re Watching in 2024
Climate change, conflict and disease are shocking countries worldwide, testing the strength of health systems like never before. In the face of these compounding crises, we’re all counting on health workers to respond.
➥ Gaza: Health Workers Witness “Inhumane Conditions”
Displaced health workers in Gaza are living in hospitals, crammed into single rooms with limited access to food. The hospitals are inundated with patients seeking urgent care for pregnancy complications, injuries and infections.
➥ In Sierra Leone, Health Workers Spark Long-Term Transformation
Project HOPE is working across Sierra Leone’s health system to equip the doctors, nurses, and midwives who are determined to lower the country’s high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality.
We'll follow up with our last World Health Worker Week action tomorrow. Thank you for taking time to advocate for health workers and build a world where they are safe and supported.
P.S. If you missed the week's previous actions for health workers, it's not too late! Here they are...
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