Category Archive for ‘Stephanie’s Thoughts’

New Global Regulatory Atlas Enhances Safe Nursing Practice

As the world grapples with a critical nursing shortage, it’s essential that we, as nursing and health care leaders, know all we can about the current state of nursing practice in our regions and countries. How many […]

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How To Avert a Global Nursing Workforce Catastrophe

As the world celebrates International Nurses Day on May 12, 2023, we face a looming nursing workforce crisis that threatens health care delivery and health care systems around the globe. COVID burnout and retirement have combined to […]

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Why Universal Health Coverage Matters

Everyone should have quality health care without financial hardship. That’s the premise behind Universal Health Coverage (UHC) – the World Health Organization’s (WHO) initiative to ensure all people have access to the care they need when they […]

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A Better Way Forward: COVID’s Lessons for the Future

COVID-19 continues to impact the world, leaving loss and suffering in its wake. Despite the fact that we’re still battling this global pandemic, it’s not too soon to think about the next one. Because the plain truth […]

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Invest in Health Workforce – Invest in Peace

How does health impact peace? This question was on the minds of delegates as they gathered in Geneva earlier last month for the World Health Organization’s 75th World Health Assembly (WHA). For the first time since the […]

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Elevating Women Who Drive Change

This month, it’s all about the women. On March 8, we celebrated International Women’s Day. Here at home, March is Women’s History Month. International Women’s Day (IWD) honors the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. […]

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The Urgent Call for Nursing Leadership Development

As the World Health Organization (WHO) and others shine the spotlight on the critical need for nursing leadership across the globe, it’s time for us, as nurses, to step up and take action. It’s time to invest […]

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Strategic Directions for Nursing: Where Do We Go From Here?

Nurses’ selfless commitment on the front lines of COVID-19 continues to evoke the deepest admiration from the world. The crisis has shown that the nursing profession is ready to take a giant step forward. But is the […]

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Looking Back and Looking Forward: COVID’s Impact One Year Later

One year ago, when we first learned that a mysterious virus was spreading around the world, we could hardly imagine that COVID-19 would claim more than 2.6 million lives and counting. The dreadful months that followed were […]

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The Urgent Case for Global Vaccine Equity

Developing a vaccine against COVID-19 is the most pressing challenge – and most impressive achievement – of our time. But vaccines alone are not enough. We must ensure that everyone has access to them. Vaccine equity is […]

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