It is really important. We want to attract people to all scientific domains, including public health. I hope people will consider public health.
It means beginning not just at the university stage, but in high school, with making sure that even at that stage there is good support for students, especially girls, for example, in terms of certain STEM fields, where there is a gender imbalance that needs to be addressed.
I certainly have met with a lot of university faculties to try to promote that aspect of scientific capacity building. In my last report, in 2021, I indicated that a strong public health workforce is absolutely critical to our future preparedness, and for all sorts of complex public health challenges. It is really important for us to build capacity. Of course, there is also investment, from the research side, into universities that can support students in pursuing a scientific career.