Imagine a World in 2030: An Emergency-Ready, Resilient Health Workforce in Every Country

What would it take to ensure that no outbreak catches the world unprepared? This high-level side event invites global health leaders to explore this question and provides the concrete steps required to answer it. At its core is the launch of the Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC) Strategy, a new approach to strengthening how countries prepare for and respond to health emergencies.

GHEC’s mission is to build a world where health emergencies are stopped before they have a chance to take lives and spread across borders. A world where emergency response is proactive, rather than reactive, with the right people ready to act, wherever they are needed.

Rather than building new systems from scratch, GHEC’s Strategy focuses on connecting what already exists by aligning emergency medical teams, public health experts, and national coordination mechanisms into a more cohesive, ready-to-act workforce. With a clear target of preparing 10% of the health workforce for emergency response by 2030, the Strategy provides a practical pathway for countries to move from fragmented efforts to sustained readiness.

Through a mix of country perspectives, partner insights, and strategic discussions, the session will highlight how this vision is being put into practice and what it will take to scale it. It offers a space for leaders to align on priorities, strengthen collaboration and advance a shared agenda: building a workforce that is ready before emergencies strike, and capable of responding quickly, effectively, and together.

This is an invitation-only event. Please reach out to ghecwha@globalhealthstrategies.com if you’d like to attend.