The Center was founded to take on two of the toughest global health challenges to achieving the SDGs—closing a 10 million health worker shortage and equipping health workers to thrive. Based on the belief that solving the problems facing health workers will improve healthcare for everyone, the Center leverages a people-first model, focusing on equipping health workers across the globe with the skills, resources and support they need to improve quality of care and strengthen community-based health systems.

Championing global health equity is key to the Center’s mission and a core priority of Johnson & Johnson’s ESG strategy. Frontline health workers are often the first and only link between communities and health systems. With half the world lacking access to basic, essential health services, supporting health workers and rebuilding primary healthcare, which has been underfunded for decades, will be critical to achieving global health priorities including UHC.