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