Improving Health CareWorker Wellbeing - Addressing system and human factors through science informed approaches

​📍 On the sidelines of the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA79)

​Healthcare workers worldwide are facing unprecedented pressure from crises, conflict, and workforce shortages. This WHA side event brings together global leaders, researchers, and practitioners to explore healthcare worker wellbeing as a system and organizational responsibility, not an individual resilience issue.

​Join us for a focused and engaging discussion on how science-informed, system-level approaches can strengthen duty of care, leadership, organizational culture, and culturally relevant mental health support for health workers and humanitarians.

​🗓 Event Details

​Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Time: 4:00–5:30 PM
✨ Followed by a networking drinks reception
Venue: Warwick Geneva Hotel
Rue de Lausanne 14, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland
(Opposite Gare Cornavin)

​🎤 Featured Speakers

• ​Jacco Vroegop
  President, Board of Directors, Hospital Horacio Oduber (Aruba)
  Governing Council Member, International Hospital Federation (IHF)

• ​Dr. Megan Call, PhD
  Associate Chief Wellness Officer & Director, Resiliency Center
  University of Utah

• ​Kieren Barnes
  Director for International Development
  International SOS

​🎙 Moderator

• ​Juan Carlos Negrette
  Director, Office of Global Health
  University of Utah

​🔑 Key Discussion Themes

• ​Moving from individual-focused wellbeing to system-level solutions

• ​Translating academic research into practical, operational action

• ​Supporting frontline health workers in fragile and high-risk settings

• ​Embedding wellbeing into governance, leadership, and duty of care

• ​Designing culturally relevant and context-appropriate approaches

​👥 Who Should Attend

• ​WHA delegates and Member State representatives

• ​Global health policymakers and system leaders

• ​NGOs, humanitarian organizations, and implementing partners

• ​Health workforce, MHPSS, and duty-of-care professionals

• ​Academic and research institutions

​👉 Registration required. Please confirm your attendance via the Luma registration link.