Building the health workforce for primary health care: Part 2: Do we have the workforce to deliver on PHC?

1 June 2026 10:00 – 11:30 SGT
Webinar

WHO Western Pacific webinar poster: Building Health Workforce for PHC. Part 2, 1 June 2026, 10:00–11:30 Manila, via Zoom QR code.

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Background

There is a growing consensus on health systems built around primary health care (PHC) as the best approach for countries to achieve universal health coverage. But do we have the health workforce that can deliver on PHC?  

This webinar – the second in a series – will share country experiences on reforms that helped them in strengthening and shaping the workforce for PHC, and the challenges they faced in their journey.  

Objectives

The webinar aims to:

1. Bring greater attention to the requirements PHC places for workforce design and planning, and to share on-the-ground experiences on reforms to strengthen the PHC workforce in multiple countries in the Western Pacific. 

2. Facilitate exchange of ideas and experiences among health systems and workforce policy-makers, planners, managers, educators and researchers for promoting evidence-based workforce policies that support PHC. 

Participants

Key participants will be government officials in national ministries responsible for health workforce planning, and other stakeholders involved in strengthening either or both PHC and the health workforce, including health systems and workforce policy-makers, planners, managers, experts, educators and researchers. All members active in the regional human resources for health and nursing networks are also welcome to join, including partner agencies, academic institutions and World Health Organization collaborating centres (WHO CCs).

Tentative agenda

Welcome and sharing of webinar objectives

  • Ms Ruikan Yang, WHO Western Pacific

Opening remarks

  • Dr Kidong Park, Director of Programme Management, WHO Western Pacific

Recap of key takeaways from previous webinar; setting the scene for Part 2 on country experiences

  • Dr Midori Akimoto, Nursing Officer, WHO Western Pacific 

Panel discussion: The workforce PHC needs and country experiences on strengthening PHC  

  • Moderated by Mr Lluis Vinyals Torres, Director of Health Systems and Services, WHO Western Pacific
  • Panelists from China, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
  • Q&A from audience

Summary of key takeaways and closing remarks 

  • Mr Lluis Vinyals Torres, WHO Western Pacific