Health Workforce

very health worker trained and supported helps to build a stronger community, and every enhanced community brings the world one step closer toward achieving good health and well-being for all. A robust, trained and motivated healthcare workforce is critical to saving and improving the lives of women, children and their families while also improving national health outcomes. For decades, Johnson & Johnson has worked to strengthen the people at the front lines of delivering care. From getting young people interested in healthcare as a career, to supporting their clinical training as future front-line health workers and caregivers, we help to ensure they have the skills they need to improve and save lives.

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Our Aspiration: A world where the current and future healthcare workforce has the necessary competencies to deliver high-quality healthcare.

5-Year Target: 650,000 health workers will have received training to better deliver quality healthcare.

Status: In Progress

Our Impact:

• Q&A: Putting Health Workers at the Center of Global Health Goals

• Johnson & Johnson Announces Series of Collaborations Aimed at Transforming Mental Health Care in Low-Resource Settings

• Training Ethnic Minority Midwives in Vietnam

• Project Hope: Indonesian Midwives Train in
Saving Lives at Birth

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Bringing Healthcare to Remote Villages in India

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The Bridge to Universal Health Coverage: Community Health Workers

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4 Ways Johnson & Johnson Is Helping Heroes Who Work at the Very Front Lines of Healthcare Around the World

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"I've 'Caught' Several Hundred Babies." What It's Like to Be an Indigenous Midwife in Canada

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Lesley Paulette, an Indigenous registered midwife, with a mother and child in Canada

Delivering on Good Everyday: 3 Stories of Young Midwives in Action Around the World

Delivering on Good Everyday: 3 Stories of Young in Action

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How a Partnership Between the U.S. and China Saved Thousands of Babies

The Neonatal Resuscitation Program: How a Partnership Between the U.S. and China Saved Thousands of Babies

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Helping Babies Breathe

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Advancing the Next Generation of Healthcare Leadership in Africa

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Bridge to Employment: 25 Years of Helping Young People Excel in School—and Life

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WiSTEM²D: The Ambitious Program Geared to Get Girls Excited About Science and Technology

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Our 2030 Promise

Johnson & Johnson has signed up to the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals—the world’s road map for progress.

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