The World Health Organization's Academy was established to build a lifelong learning ecosystem that enables health and care workers, policymakers and WHO staff to develop their capabilities. It will offer lifelong learning opportunities to all professionals striving to improve global health outcomes. The Academy's campus and online learning platform will be inaugurated in Lyon, France in December 2024.
This inaugural strategy charts a course to establish the WHO Academy as a global leader in lifelong learning for the health sector. It presents the WHO Academy's vision, mission and strategic goal to create a world in which health and care workers have the skills and competencies they need to achieve health for all. Introduced by the WHO Academy's Executive Director, Dr David Atchoarena, with a foreword from WHO's Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Strategy details an operational roadmap to achieve that ambition.
The WHO Academy aims to establish partnerships and create a global community of practice on innovative lifelong learning across the health sector. The Strategy invites countries, partners, and donors to support the WHO Academy in leading lifelong learning for a healthier world.
