; Whereas the World Health Organization reports that the world will face a shortfall of at least 10,000,000 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 9-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 fragile settings and during disease outbreaks, such as the between 80,000 to 180,000 health and care workers estimated to have died from COVID–19 in the period between January 2020 to May 2021; Whereas, since 2020, there have been more than 2,350 attacks on health care facilities, transport, and personnel, leading to more than 750 health workers killed in countries in conflict and impeding access to essential health services for millions while exacerbating crises