Jim Campbell

Jim Campbell @JimC_HRH

Jim Campbell is the director of the health workforce department at the World Health Organization. He oversees the development and implementation of global public goods, evidence and tools to inform national and international investments in the education, development and retention of the health and social sector workforce in pursuit of global health security, universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Latest Articles

Opinion: As the world seeks migration solutions, the health sector can help

Opinion: As the world seeks migration solutions, the health sector can help

about 7 years ago // Global health

Four World Health Organization leaders weigh in on the role health has to play in the Global Compact for Migration.

Opinion: Recalibrating investments in the global health and social workforce

Opinion: Recalibrating investments in the global health and social workforce

over 8 years ago // Focus On: Global Health

The world’s health sector represents an engine of enormous economic opportunity, particularly for women, who hold 70 percent of all health jobs. But there are still major gender biases and inequities in pay and management positions. Jim Campbell, director of the Health Workforce Department at the World Health Organization, explains the efforts underway to expand women’s economic empowerment through investments into the health and social workforce.

Investing in health workforces: The path towards the SDGs starts here

Investing in health workforces: The path towards the SDGs starts here

over 10 years ago // Focus On: Global Health

How can we ensure that access to health care is improved globally in the post-2015 era? Jim Campbell, the World Health Organization's health workforce department director and executive director of the Global Health Workforce Alliance, gives us his insight in this exclusive guest column.