sheila dickson inmo president february 2012. where? – ethiopia for whom? – health care workers...

Sheila DicksonINMO President

February 2012

Where? – Ethiopia

For Whom? – Health Care Workers & Families

How? – Partnership

With Whom? – Nursing Association, Funders and Department of Health

Reasons

Improve Health of Staff

Unsafe Workplace

Stress, Burnout, High Attrition Rates and Migration

Services Provided

HIV and TB Testing / TreatmentsEducation in PreventionTrainingOccupation Health & SafetyStress ManagementCounselling

Wellness Centres EstablishedSwazilandMalawiZambiaLesothoUganda

Positive Results in Swaziland6,225 Health Care Workers treated77% of total workforceOutreach programmeMigration 65% uptake / monthlyNow Government Policy

Health Statistics Ethiopia

54,000 Health Workers to serve 85 Million People

1 Physician for 37,9961 Nurse for 4725 (MOH 2008)Major Public Health Problems

– TB, Malaria and HIV/AIDSAccessing Services DifficultPay for Diagnostic Procedures / Treatment – Unaffordable.

Nurse from Lesotho -

“The wellness centre has been a real refuge for me. It means I don’t have to queue in overcrowded waiting rooms with my own patients”

Current Status of Ethiopia Wellness Centre

Site Donated by Ministry of Health EthiopiaAlert Hospital, Addis AbabaFunders INMO / PEPFAR / BDRenovations in processMou Signed by ENA/ICN/INMO

INMO

Largest Nursing & Midwives OrganisationMembership – 42,000Professional & Trade UnionLinked to 120 Countries (ICN)Objective to share experience and support

with nursing associations

Thank You