Nurses are the anchors of our health care -Health Minister

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By Pa Modou Cham
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The Minister of Health Dr. Modou Lamin Samateh has strongly disclosed that the nurses are the anchors of our healthcare delivery system,adding they deliver care to the people at the most hard to reach communities with minimal resources and under unfavorable environment.  
He was speaking yesterday at the celebration of the international nurses day held at the State Registered Nurses (RSN) campus in Banjul.
Minister Samateh added that at the secondary and tertiary lever, they continue to be the face of our health facilities and hospitals, in providing the best of evidence based care and collaborative with all other professionals within the healthcare team.

¨This year's theme is nurses: A voice to lead healthcare for all. Nurses are at the forefront of promoting the rights of consumers, seeing it as a human right and duty for people to participate as a group or individual in planning and implementing their care,¨ he said.
He reiterated that the government recognizes the tremendous contribution by the nurses to the implementation of the national development plan and the people of The Gambia.
Mr. Lamin Marong, the director of nursing explained that the first meeting of the expert committee on nursing in 1950 stressed the need for a greater number of nurses than other categories of workers because they have direct, individualized, and lasting contact with people, sick and well.

¨Nurses make up over half of the health workforce of many countries, validating the widely known fact that there is no health workforce without nurses and midwives,¨ he said.
He further explained that Dr. Tedros, the director of the World Health Organisation stated that over the years, nurses and midwives have contributed to major global health landmarks, like the eradication of smallpox and the dramatic reductions in maternal and child mortality that have occurred in many countries.

Mam Kumba Ndow, the vice president of the National Association of The Gambia Nurses and Midwives expressed delights to rejoice with colleagues and call on them to take charge of their responsibilities.
She acknowledge the improvement of the nurses organisation in the country for rendering their services to the community.

Ndow added that the unite function of the nurses is to help individuals to shape our future by sticking to the norms and ethics of the professor.

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