is about health for all and how nurses and midwives can help reach such target

1. Health For All: The Role Of
Nurses And Midwives
By
Thomas Boansi Gyamerah
Tutor (NMTC-ASANKRANGWA)
04 – 04 - 2021

2. Outline
• Definition of health
• Declaration of “Health for All”
• Roles of the nurses and midwives to achieve health for all
• Conclusion
• References

3. Health
• The World Health Organization (WHO) was established seventy-three
years ago by men and women of goodwill and foresight (Mahler,
1988).
• “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO, 2021).

4. Declaration of “Health for All”
• “Health for All” was initiated by the World Health Organization
(WHO) as a public health movement in the late twentieth century.
• The Assembly introduced a Global Strategy for Health for Everyone by
the Year 2000 in 1981. The "Health for All" movement was born at
this time (Stöppler, 2021).

5. Declaration of “Health for All” Contd
• According to WHO,
Health for Everyone' does not imply that sickness and disease are
unavoidable.
It ensures health services are allocated equally
It implies that people take better care of themselves at home and in
their communities.
It means that people realize that illness is not unavoidable,

6. Roles of the nurses and midwives
• Globally, nurses and midwives represent half of the professional
health workforce. Nurses and midwives can preform in the following
ways to reach the health for all agenda
Many countries have succeeded in bringing the rate of death cases
down.
A matter of equity and social justice

7. Roles of the nurses and midwives contd
The promotion of health, prevention of disease and the care of those
who are ill
To lead achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Attainment of health as a human right and achievement of universal
health coverage.
Maximize their contribution to achieving universal health coverage.

8. Roles of the nurses and midwives contd
• To establish good relationships with the communities in which they
work
• To be part of a multi-disciplinary team, in spreading UHC cost-
effectively, rapidly and to a high level of quality.
• Monitoring health outcomes, providing preventative health education
and collecting vital data on their local populations.

9. Conclusion
• Nurses and midwives offer a one-of-a-kind service that no other
occupation can match, but in a relaxed and discreet manner, and
sometimes away from the public's eyes. And, of course, they do so
regardless of the circumstances, even though those circumstances
seem to be changing.

10. References
• Mahler, H. (1988). Health for all-all for health. World health, (January-February 1988), 3-4.
• WHO. (2021). WHO remains firmly committed to the principles set out in the preamble to
the Constitution. Retrieved from https://www.who.int/about/who-we-are/constitution
• Stöppler, M., C. (2021). Medical Definition of Health for All. Retrieved from
https://www.medicinenet.com/health_for_all/definition.htm
• WHO. (2019). Nurses and midwives are essential to achieving “Health for All by All”.
Retrieved from https://www.emro.who.int/media/news/nurses-and-midwives-are-
essential-to-achieving-health-for-all-by-all.html
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• World Health Organization. (2000). Nurses and midwives for health: WHO European
strategy for nursing and midwifery education (No. EUR/00/5019309/15). Copenhagen:
WHO Regional Office for Europe.