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July 2026

Factsheet: Workshop on Managing Child Health for Healthcare Workforce

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SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE), Health Working Group (HWG)

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This publication summarizes key findings and recommendations from the APEC Workshop on Managing Child Health for Healthcare Workforce, highlighting priority issues and strategic responses to improve child health systems across APEC economies. The report identifies major challenges, including malnutrition, fragmented health care delivery, workforce shortages, weak data systems, and limited scalability of health interventions. It emphasizes the importance of addressing health disparities, strengthening health infrastructure, and adopting context specific programming. Key outcomes include promoting digital transformation through integrated health information systems, enhancing health care workforce capacity, and strengthening cross-sector collaboration among government, academia, and development partners. The publication also highlights the need to bridge gaps between research, policy, and practice, and to support sustainable, scalable, and culturally appropriate interventions. Overall, the workshop provides actionable recommendations to advance child health outcomes and strengthen health system resilience across APEC economies.