Today we’re supporting #WorldHealthDay and hope all the OMBLES will join us to share your creativity and positive messages to #SupportNursesAndMidwives around the world.

Tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs, @WHO, @LoveYourNHS and @UN with the hashtags #WorldHealthDay #SupportNursesAndMidwives

You can also tag @ICNurses @NursingNow2020 @World_Midwives @UNFPA and include hashtag #Covid19

7 April 2020 is the day to celebrate the work of nurses and midwives and remind world leaders of the critical role they play in keeping the world healthy. Nurses and other health workers are at the forefront of COVID-19 response - providing high quality, respectful treatment and care, leading community dialogue to address fears and questions and, in some instances, collecting data for clinical studies. Quite simply, without nurses, there would be no response.

In this International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, World Health Day will highlight the current status of nursing and around the world. WHO and its partners will make a series of recommendations to strengthen of the nursing and midwifery workforce.

This will be vital if we are to achieve national and global targets related to universal health coverage, maternal and child health, infectious and non-communicable diseases including mental health, emergency preparedness and response, patient safety and the delivery of integrated, people-centered care, amongst others.

We are calling for your support on World Health Day to ensure that the nursing and midwifery workforces are strong enough to ensure that everyone, everywhere gets the healthcare they need.

The tagline for World Health Day is: #SupportNursesAndMidwives.

More info:

https://www.who.int/news-room/campaigns/world-health-day/world-health-day-2020