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As transformational agents they are crucial to driving innovation, supporting policy reform, advancing equity and inclusiveness in service provision, and strengthening professional innovation and organisational resilience, often generating co-benefits aligned with other policy areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Co-chairs<\/em><\/strong>: Ellen Kuhlmann and Tiago Correia, WHO-CC<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Panelists<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gabriela Lotta, Getulio Vargas Foundation, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil<\/li>\n<li>Viola Burau, University of Aarhus, Denmark<\/li>\n<li>Zuzana Kotherov\u00e1, Charles University Prag, Czechia<\/li>\n<li>Klaas Stek, University of Twente, The Netherlands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Commentaries<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Katarzyna Czabanowska, WHO Collaboration Centre for Public Health Leadership and Workforce Development<\/li>\n<li>Marius Ungureanu, EUPHA section Health and Care Workforce<\/li>\n<li>Matthias Wismar, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, Brussels, Belgium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Editorial;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.healthpol.2025.105548\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.healthpol.2025.105548<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Special Issue of Health Policy;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/special-issue\/10GHMNML3P4\">https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/special-issue\/10GHMNML3P4<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The \u201c<strong>The health and care workforce \u2013 from crisis to capacities<\/strong>\u201d webinar series will take place this spring and will focus on how countries can move from managing chronic workforce shortages to building long-term capacity across health and care. 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