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World Health Professionals Call on Governments to Prioritize Support for Healthcare Workers in the Front Line against Coronavirus

The World Health Professions Alliance (WHPA), representing around 31 million healthcare professionals, stands in solidarity with all healthcare workers worldwide who are on the front line in the fight against current coronavirus epidemic.

The WHPA called on governments and healthcare organizations to lend their support to front line healthcare workers in any possible way, but particularly and urgently by supplying crucial personal protective equipment. Dr. Otmar Kloiber, WHPA Chair and Secretary General of the World Medical Association, said, “It is sad that nurses and physicians died during this crisis and probably more will die. Deaths which may have been avoidable with better emergency preparedness. This crisis should be a wakeup call for politicians and societies to make the necessary investment in emergency preparedness and to look into the vulnerability of our supply chains.” (WMA, March 4, 2020)