WHO Designates 2020 As Year Of The Nurse And Midwife To Celebrate Health Workers, Highlight Shortages

PRI: 2020: The year of the nurse and midwife
“…[I]n the world of health and medicine, 2020 is the year of the nurse and midwife. The World Health Organization designation signifies a concerted push to boost the global nursing workforce in the face of growing health care shortages and ambitious efforts to reach a United Nations goal of universal health coverage around the world by 2030…” (Gordon, 1/13).

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