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12 May 2025
Good morning, and a warm welcome to all of you.
While commemorating the international nurse day, we honor the dedication, resilience and leadership of the nurses in the eastern Mediterranean region and beyond.
Nurses and midwives are the backbone of our health systems – compensation more than half of the global health workforce.
Today we launch the second nursing relationship of the state of the world, just five years before the deadline to achieve the objectives of sustainable development.
The report highlights important progress, including a global increase in the number of nurses, but it also reminds us of the challenges we face.
The nursing force is essential to reach SDG 3 as regards “good health and well -being” by 2030, in particular for universal health coverage and the strengthening of basic health care.
However, the progress is off -track and without targeted actions, the gaps of the nursing labor force will persist over 2030, especially in the most vulnerable regions.
The eastern Mediterranean region currently has the second lower density of nurses globally, only 15.5 per 10,000 population, compared to a global average of 37.1.
Alarmingly, we are planned to represent almost a quarter of the global nursing deficiency by 2030.
We face difficult realities: deterioration of working conditions, gaps in education and training, weak regulation, profound inequalities and emigration of nurses.
To worsen things, in our region more than sixty percent of global attacks on health care are occurred.
We urgently need targeted, high impact and sustainable investments in jobs, education, leadership and service supply.
The WHO regional tip initiative on investments in a resilient health care force is helping to accelerate these efforts.
The initiative promotes an increase in investments in the health workforce, with a strong attention to primary care and essential functions for public health.
IT has an intelligent expense to expand access to care, strengthen the response to emergencies and guarantee long -term sustainability through a well -equipped and adaptable workforce.
It also aims to encourage regional solidarity – to enclose countries to collaborate by sharing knowledge, skills and resources.
Nurses and midwives are – and must be at the center of these efforts.
The potential for transformation is immense.
Fifty -six percent of our nursing workforce is under 35 years old: Yooung, busy and ready to drive.
The seventy -three percent are women, many of whom are entering leadership roles that will modify the future of our health systems.
I thank the United Arab Emirates for hosting this important event and I recommend the strong collaboration between nursing leaders throughout our region.
I am particularly happy that we will listen to the voices of young and novice nurses during today’s sessions.
Your vision, your experience and your energy are essential to model a stronger, fairer future.
We must invest urgently, protect and enhance our nurse.
Thank you.
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