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Strategy and policy
The strategic directions for strengthening nursing and midwifery services developed by WHO and its partners provide an overarching framework for collaborative action to the common goal enshrined in its vision: improved health outcomes for individuals, families and communities through the provision of competent, culturally sensitive, evidence based nursing and midwifery services.
The main strategic areas are: strengthening of health systems and services; nursing and midwifery policy and practice; education, training and career development; nnursing and midwifery workforce management; and ppartnership for nursing and midwifery services.
These areas provide a framework for WHO action to support countries in improving the quality of nursing and midwifery services, and a possible guide for action at national levels.
A strategy for nursing and midwifery development in the Eastern Mediterranean Region [pdf 1.42Mb]
Strategic directions for strengthening nursing and midwifery services 2011-2015 [pdf 1.22Mb]
Regional committee resolutions
EM/RC55/R.5
Promoting nursing and midwifery development in the Eastern Mediterranean Region [pdf 20.61kb] | Technical paper [pdf 130.57kb]
EM/RC45/R.12
Improving the quality of nursing and midwifery in the Eastern Mediterranean Region [pdf 22.47kb] | Technical paper [pdf 422kb]
EM/RC41/R.10
The need for national planning for nursing and midwifery in the Eastern Mediterranean Region [pdf 31.48kb] | Technical paper [pdf 1.97Mb]
World Health Assembly (WHA) resolutions
WHA64.7
Strengthening nursing and midwifery [pdf 18.60kb]
WHA59.27
Strengthening nursing and midwifery [pdf 197kb]
WHA54.12
Strengthening nursing and midwifery [pdf 11kb]
EB107.R2
Strengthening nursing and midwifery [pdf 11kb]
WHA49.1
Strengthening nursing and midwifery [pdf 66kb]
WHA45.5
Strengthening nursing and midwifery in support of strategies for health for all [pdf 11kb]
WHA42.27
Strengthening nursing and midwifery in support of strategies for health for all [pdf 11kb]
WHA36.11
WHA30.48
The role of nursing/midwifery personnel in primary health care [pdf 11kb]
WHA2.77
