¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Resolution regarding the Medical Profession and COVID-19


Adopted by the 71st ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app General Assembly (online), Cordoba, Spain, October 2020
and reaffirmed with minor revisions by the 230th ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Council, Porto, Portugal, October 2025

 

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused one of the greatest challenges that health professionals have ever faced in recent decades. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), COVID-19 has exposed healthcare professionals and their social and family environment to unprecedented levels of risk.

The constant risk of infection and, in many cases, the lack of adequate material and human resources, the high number of infected, the physicians’ morbidity and mortality and the lack of human resources policies led to a physical and emotional exhaustion among health professionals.

The ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app recognises the fight of the medical profession against the pandemic and pays tribute to the physicians and other health professionals who risked and lost their lives in the effort to combat COVID-19 virus, working tirelessly to ensure the health and safety of their patients.

The ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app urges world leaders and other relevant stakeholders to learn from this major global health crisis and to demonstrate responsibility by ensuring a rapid and effective response to future pandemics. This includes strengthening the capacity and resilience of health systems, substantial and timely investment in public health systems, and a robust global surveillance programme with transparent international collaboration. To this end, the ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app reiterates the recommendations set out in its Statement on Epidemics and Pandemics.

 

Resolution
COVID-19, Health Professionals, Medical Profession, Pandemic, PPE

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