THANK YOU HEALTHCARE WORKERS EVERYWHERE!!!

in honor of World Health Day 2020 ...

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Every April 7, the World Health Organization chooses to highlight a special theme current in the wellness and medical world. Ranging from mental health to insurance and everything in between, this day sets the tone for what’s to come in the world stage. 

This year’s World Health Day will shine a light on nurses and midwives, the on-the-call, restless workforce that revolutionized the healthcare industry as we know it today.

https://nationaltoday.com/world-health-day/

World Health Day 2020 - World Health Organization

This World Health Day, we honor the contribution of nurses and midwives, recognizing their vital role in keeping the world healthy. Nurses and other health workers are at the frontlines of COVID-19 response, putting their own health at risk to protect the broader community. Comprising more than two-thirds of the health workforce in the WHO Western Pacific Region, nurses are critical in responding to health needs in all settings and across the lifespan. In the 2020 International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, the World Health Day is an opportunity to highlight the work of nursing and midwifery around the world, while celebrating this workforce as one of the most valuable resources of every country.

https://www.who.int/westernpacific/news/events/world-health-day

Facts and Figures from the World Health Organization:
The global nursing workforce is around 28 million, of which more than 19 million are professional nurses.
The Western Pacific Region has around 7 million nurses, who comprise a quarter of the global nursing workforce.
95% of the nurses in the Western Pacific Region are women.
Half (51%) of nurses in the Western Pacific Region are below 35 years of age.
One nurse out of three (33%) in the Region is born or trained in a country other than their current country of practice.
In 2018, the shortage of nurses in the Region was estimated to be 350,000. 89% of this shortage is concentrated in low- and lower middle-income countries.https://www.who.int/westernpacific/news/events/detail/2020/04/07/western-pacific-events/world-health-day-2020
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