Did you know?A billion people lack access to a health worker including more than 40 million children. 7.6 million children under five years old died in 2010 from preventable and treatable illnesses such as diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria.
The World Health Organization recommends a minimum of 2.3 doctors, nurses and midwives for every 1,000 people. According to this measure, 61 developing countries have a critical shortage in health workers. Explore our health worker map to learn about these countries. More than 3.5 million additional health workers are needed, including 1 million community health workers before 2015 in order to meet the health-related Millennium Development Goals.
What you can do:Learn more about the issue - Visit our health worker map & find out which countries need more health workers Join our global coalition of organisations and individuals calling for more health workers by signing the petition. Send an email to your friends about the Health worker shortage Tweet about the health worker shortage using the #healthworkers hashtag Write a letter to your MP asking them to make the global health worker shortage THE priority Donate to Save the Children's work to support health workers 
See how health workers are saving children's lives around the world.
Learn more through our latest reports on child and maternal health. We have the solution. A health worker within reach of every child.
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