Healthcare Heroes responding to COVID-19

This World Health Worker Week, we stand in solidarity with frontline health workers who put themselves on the line to prevent, detect, and respond to global health threats like COVID-19.

We know that investments in frontline health workers save millions of lives, enhance global health security, and result in tremendous economic and social returns.

That’s why Women Deliver is highlighting frontline health workers – including Women Deliver Young Leaders – throughout the week, and will co-host a webinar on the critical role of women in the health workforce.

Follow @Women Deliver, @FHWCoalition, and the hashtag #WHWWeek and join us in honoring and advocating for the heroes working tirelessly to keep us healthy and safe, during COVID-19 and beyond.

How Young People are Leading
the Way Against COVID-19

As the world grapples with unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, young people are demonstrating their continued leadership in their communities and countries.

According to a new UN plan to address COVID-19, young people are some of the most affected by the pandemic’s socio-economic impacts. Nevertheless, youth are also among the most active in global responses.

From innovations in COVID-19 testing to social media campaigns promoting accurate information, read about some of the ways that Women Deliver Young Leaders are stepping up and taking action against the outbreak.

Women Deliver Young Leader
Jama Jack demonstrates good hygiene
next to a poster she created

Women Deliver Young Leader Helena Likaj conducts drive-thru testing

Women Deliver Young Leader
Sujitha Selvarajah’s medical team appeals to
the public to stay home and protect others

A graphic shared in Women Deliver
Young Leader Hashim Hounkpatin's
Twitter Chat to stop misinformation

Global Health Security Delivered by Women During COVID-19 and Beyond

SAVE THE DATE:
Thursday, 9 April
8:00 - 9:30 AM EDT
Register here

Women make up 70% of the global healthcare workforce, and are playing an outsized role responding to COVID-19. Please join us for a discussion hosted by Women Deliver and Women in Global Health in which health workers and advocates will highlight the critical role of women in the health workforce—during COVID-19 and beyond.

#WHWWeek 2020 Video Campaign

The Frontline Health Workers Coalition is collecting testimonials that honor and advocate for healthcare heroes around the world. Tell the world why frontline health workers are Leaders on the Line—today bravely fighting COVID-19 and every day providing essential health services to their communities.

Check out Women Deliver’s President/CEO Katja Iversen’s video here and then submit your own.

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