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important i role in our lives, the World Health Organisation has designated 2020 as the International Year of Nurses and Midwives in h honour of the 200th anniversary of Florence N Nightingale’s birth.
This seems particularly fitting at a time when h healthcare workers around the world are literally placing their lives on the line for us.
In January 1974 the International Council of Nurses proclaimed that on May 12 each year everyone will celebrate International Nurses’ Day.
I think we can all agree that health workers deserve all the support and recognition because they are really dedicated to what they do.
The next few quotes that you are about to read show how much we all appreciate nurses and midwives.
“I’m thankful that nurses and midwives are helping make progress towards health for all throughout the world.” (Elizabeth Iro, WHO Chief Nursing Officer),
“Nurses and midwives are the backbones of every health system: in 2020 we’re calling on all countries to invest in nurses and midwives as part of their commitment to health for all.” (Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO DirectorGeneral).
“We all have things to be thankful for. I’m thankful for the midwives we had when our children were born.” (Alisson Becker and Natalia Loewe Becker, WHO Goodwill Ambassadors).
I would like to personally thank all doctors, nurses and midwives for being so brave by risking your lives at these unprecedented times by being here for us all.