Strengthening human resources for health to respond to COVID-19 and other emerging pandemics: policy brief, May 2022

To support CARICOM’s regional response to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic by strengthening HRH within Member States, it is essential to address HRH challenges such as staff shortages, uneven distribution of existing staff and gaps in skills and competencies, by means of enhancing supply, capacity, training, and development. This would also set the stage for robust response to other emerging pandemics.