• Global strategy on human resources for health 
• Strengthening national emergency preparedness
• Emergency medical teams

Effective planning and management of the Health EDRM workforce depends on reliable data that is specific to the crisis and capacity of each country. The availability of such data is critical to building a workforce that can respond effectively to health emergencies. Several databases provide users with health workforce-related data that can inform strategic planning and management. The following is a selection of these:

1. WHO Global Health Workforce statistics database
   Sustainable Development Goal 3c sets a target to “substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially in least developed countries and Small Island Developing States.”
   This database allows users to view data on the health workforce in the WHO Member States, based on the updated version of the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08). Health workforce indicators include the number of medical doctors, nursing and midwifery, dentistry, personnel of pharmaceutical, environmental and occupational health and hygiene, medical and pathology laboratory, mental health workers, traditional and complementary medicine, community health workers and others.


2. Sustaining human resources is one of the 13 core capacities of the International Health Regulations (IHR) capacities to detect, assess, notify, and report events, and respond to public health risks and emergencies. The International Health Regulations (IHR) core capacity index is a States Parties Questionnaire (also referred to as the IHR monitoring questionnaire) and is sent annually to National IHR Focal Points for data collection. It contains a checklist of 20 indicators specifically developed for monitoring each core capacity, including the status of implementation.
   


3. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)’s Global Humanitarian Operational Presence – the Who, What, Where (3W) Portal - shows where humanitarian actors are working by sectors and location.
   


4. The International Labour Organization (ILO) Health employment data present the latest figures on skilled health occupations and general employment in the human health and social work sector. This includes all those employed in health-related institutions, including non-health occupations such as administrators and cleaners, and social work activities.
   


5. Monitoring Violence against Health Care Workers. WHO estimates that 8-36% of healthcare workers have experienced physical violence in their careers.