Whereas the estimated 140,000,000 people in 2017 affected by humanitarian crises, including conflicts and natural disasters, was 200 percent higher than 10 years prior; Whereas frontline health workers are a critical and cost-effective component to building country resilience and the capacity to save lives, foster inclusive economic growth, and prevent and respond to humanitarian crises and global health security threats from infectious diseases, including Ebola; Whereas frontline health workers include a range of occupations, such as community health workers, midwives, nurses, pharmacists, doctors, and surgeons; Whereas the World Health Organization reports that the world will face a shortfall of 18,000,000 health workers by 2030 without immediate and concerted action, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, many of which are in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, and these are regions that have the greatest share of the global disease burden and the highest number of preventable deaths, and from which many emerging and reemerging global health threats originate; Whereas nations with healthy populations are more likely to be productive, prosperous, and peaceful, while countries with poorer health are more prone to instability, conflict, and extremism; Whereas the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth found that health employment is a force-multiplier for inclusive economic growth and that health investments provide a nine-fold economic return; Whereas frontline health workers are particularly crucial during natural or complex emergency situations to saving lives and aiding communities to recover, rebuild, and become more resilient; Whereas health workers provide lifesaving care at great personal risk in conflict settings