WISH sheds light on the role nurses should play in healthcare policy

Doha: Chief Nursing Officer, World Health Organization, Elizabeth Iro has said that there is an absence of nursing leadership in senior national posts, and their voice as advocates for better health for all is often unheard.

Referring to the COVID-19 pandemic, she added that nurses have been exposed to and affected by the consequences of inadequate planning, and that nursing leaders must contribute to the strategies that ensure that this situation never happens again.  Iro was speaking at “Nurses at the forefront of change: challenging the status quo,” a virtual event co-hosted by the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), Qatar Foundation’s global health initiative, and Nursing Now Challenge, a global program to promote leadership in nursing.