World Health Organization : Year 1993 ; World Health Organization, Human Resources for Health, Nursing, No. 93.5: Global Advisory Group on Nursing and Midwifery

By Orvill Adams

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1993 ; World Health Organization, Human Resources for Health, Nursing, No. 93.5: Global Advisory Group on Nursing and Midwifery
Author:	Orvill Adams
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago Adams, B. O. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Year 1993 ; World Health Organization, Human Resources for Health, Nursing, No. 93.5. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
1. Introduction Resolution WHA45.5 on Strengthening nursing and midwifery in support of health for all was adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 1992. It requested the Director-General to establish a global multidisciplinary advisory group on nursing and midwifery to advise the Director- General on all nursing services, and in particular on: (a) developing mechanisms for assessing national nursing and midwifery service needs; @) assisting counaies with the development of national action plans for nursing and midwifery services including research and resource planning; (c) monitoring progress in strengthening nursing and midwifery in support of strategies for health for all. A first meeting of the Global Advisory Group (GAG) on Nursing and Midwifery tmk place in Geneva from 30 November to 2 December 1992 to advise the Director-General on all nursing and midwifery matters. Arising from this meeting a report with a set of recommendations was prepared on the functioning of the GAG and its future activities, and submitted to the Director- General. One of the recommendations called for a Sub-Group of the GAG to be formed. This group was charged with the task of working with the WHO Secretariat to develop a strategic plan of action towards the realization of Resolution WHA45.5, including activities of the GAG. As part of its work, the Sub-Group considered the focus for the second meeting of the Global Advisory Group and provided input into a proposed strategic plan and associated plans of action.

Table of Contents
Contents 1 . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . Objectives of the meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3. Opening of the meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 . Method of work of the second meeting of the Global Advisory Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 . Progress in developing NursinglMidwifwy services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6. A National Action Plan for NursingIMidwifery services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 . Monitoring Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8 . Competencies for leadership and management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 9 . Issuestobeaddressed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 10 . Conclusions and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Annex 1: List of participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Annex 2: Agenda and schedule of work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Annex 3: National Action Plans for Nursing: From Vision to Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14