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ANNOUNCING THE 2010 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE NURSE
AS A GRASSROOTS-TO-GLOBAL COMMITMENT TO HEALTH All nurses and concerned citizens are invited to visit http://www.NightingaleDeclaration.net-introducing both this personal 'Declaration' and two proposed United Nations Resolutions for an "International Year of the Nurse" [2010] and a "UN Decade for a Healthy World" [2011-2020]. To encourage the adoption of these UN Resolutions by the UN General Assembly in 2008 and 2009, individual signatures of the 'Declaration' are invited from millions of nurses, devoted-locally and globally-to the health of all humanity. These signatures of worldwide commitment by nurses, midwives, other health workers and concerned citizens will help build a grassroots-to-global foundation of support for these UN Resolutions and an 'Action Plan' to implement them, locally, nationally and internationally. Initial Sponsors include ANA, STTI, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Decision Critical, Inc., and Nurse-Theorist Dr. Jean Watson. For details and to sign this Declaration, please visit http://www.nightingaledeclaration.net. LOCAL ACTION AND GLOBAL NETWORKING (PDF) The 2010 International Year of the Nurse has been launched at http://www.2010iynurse.net, already featuring many 2010 Nurses Stories and planned Events. The 2010 IYNurse initiative seeks to recognize the contributions of nurses globally and to engage nurses in the promotion of world health, including all the UN MDGs. In collaboration with other global citizens, nurses will be demonstrating - throughout 2010 IYNurse - how they advocate for the achievement of these Goals globally. |