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Open Access 01-12-2021 | Care | Editorial

Optimizing the contributions of nursing and midwifery workforces: #Protect, #Invest, #Together

Authors: James Buchan, James Campbell, Carey McCarthy

Published in: Human Resources for Health | Issue 1/2021

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Our journal Call for papers on “Research to support evidence-informed decisions on optimizing the contributions of nursing and midwifery workforces” [1] was announced late in 2019. The aim was to celebrate that 2020 had been designated “The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife” by the World Health Assembly, by setting up a Thematic Series on the two professions. By the time that papers were being submitted to the Call in early 2020, the world had changed. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has reinforced the global need for skilled nurses and midwives, and has highlighted their central role in combatting the virus and sustaining access to health systems where possible. In this paper, commemorating the closing of the Call, we reflect on progress made in 2020 in improving policy responses to optimize the contribution of the distinct professions, as well as citing some of the key points emerging from the published papers. …

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Title: Optimizing the contributions of nursing and midwifery workforces: #Protect, #Invest, #Together
Authors: James Buchan
James Campbell
Carey McCarthy
Publication date: 01-12-2021
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keyword: Care
Published in: Human Resources for Health / Issue 1/2021
Electronic ISSN: 1478-4491
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-021-00577-0

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