Pakistan needs nearly one million nurses in proportion to its population: WHO
The Nursing Now campaign recognizes that nurses are at the heart of country efforts to improve health for all. As one of the most trusted professions, nurses provide effective and quality care for people of all ages, and are central in addressing the increasing burden of noncommunicable diseases, such as cancer and heart disease. Nurses are indispensable members of health teams and as health professionals closest to the public play a crucial role in health promotion, disease prevention, treatment and care. WHO estimates that nurses and midwives represent nearly one half of the global health work-force. However, for all countries to reach health-related Sustainable Development Goal 3 “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages” WHO estimates that the world will need an additional 9 million nurses and midwives by 2030. she added.
The campaign aims to ensure that by the end of 2020 the health workforce generally, and nursing and midwifery in particular, have a far more prominent role in global health policy development and planning. It also aims to promote greater investment in developing nursing and midwifery education, practice and regulation, as well as improving standards and quality of care, and employment conditions. More nurses are needed in leadership and policy development, particularly in delivering universal health coverage and addressing current and emerging health problems. Another important aim of the campaign is ensuring evidence is made more readily available to policy- and decision- makers on the impact of nursing, and ensuring greater dissemination and sharing of good practices in nursing and the ways in which these good practices can be emulated.
Prime Institute of Health Science CEO Abdul Wajid the activist and socialist for nursing profession
organized this Support Program to enhance the Nursing Now Mission in Pakistan and was chaired by Executive Director Nursing Now Dr. Catherine Hannaway. Registrar Pakistan Nursing Council, Vice President Nursing Council, DGN Punjab, DDGN Punjab, DGN Sindh and other stake holders also attended the Nursing Now Support Program and describe the issues relating to nursing at International level. This was the first program organized by a private nursing institute which is established in a rural vicinity of Islamabad to support the international cause.
Dr. Catherine Hannaway also highlighted that Pakistan is full of momentum and potential and it just need a proper parameter of future development a. She was felt joy at the arrangement done by the institute to support the Nursing Now and nightingale Challenge.
At the end of the function, awards were distributed among the stakeholders of the Nursing profession.
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