The Commission concluded that investing in the health workforce is needed to make progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, including gains in health, global security and inclusive economic growth.
The commission made 10 recommendations for realising those gains, through appropriate investments in health employment that can power economies, move countries closer to universal health coverage and act as a bulwark against outbreaks such as Ebola.
Ageing populations and increasing rates of non-communicable diseases are projected to generate demand for 40 million new health workers worldwide by 2030, which would represent a doubling of the current global health workforce.
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但这些工作岗位大多在富裕国家产生。
But most of those jobs will be created in the wealthiest countries.
Without action there will be a shortfall, primarily in low- and lower-middle-income countries, of 18 million health workers needed to achieve and sustain universal health coverage.
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越来越多的证据表明，对卫生部门的投资可获得可观的效益。
Mounting evidence shows that investments in the health sector pay handsome dividends.
The returns on investment in health are estimated to be 9 to 1, and around one quarter of growth between 2000 and 2011 in low-income and middle-income countries is estimated to have resulted from improvements to health.
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技能投资和扩大卫生就业也将有助于增进妇女和青年的经济能力。
Investing in skills and expanding health employment will also contribute to the economic empowerment of women and youth.
"For too long countries have seen health workers as just another cost to be managed, instead of an investment with a triple return for health, economic growth and global health security," said Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization.