Building better together: roadmap to guide implementation of the Global Strategic Directions for Nursing and Midwifery in the WHO European Region.

ABSTRACT

Nurses and midwives comprise half of the professional health workforce globally, interact with people frombirth to death across all types of settings and account for about 90% of contacts between patients andhealth professionals. They can deliver safe, high-quality, effective and efficient health services, particularly forvulnerable, disadvantaged and hard-to-reach groups. Enabling and supporting nurses and midwives to work totheir full potential is essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and supporting universal healthcoverage, and to meeting current and future population health needs. This Roadmap reflects the priorities ofthe WHO European Programme of Work to set out activities organized according to the four areas of focusof the WHO Global strategic directions for nursing and midwifery 2021−2025 report (education, jobs, leadershipand service delivery) across 12 policy priorities. It proposes activities for Member States of the WHO EuropeanRegion and outlines specific areas of technical support the WHO Regional Office for Europe can provide.