(AGENPARL) – ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE ven 12 maggio 2023

Tackling the same issues

Small countries share many characteristics in terms of political context, economic features and resource capacity, and these characteristics inevitably have an impact on their health systems and policies. Each year the high-level meeting provides an opportunity to discuss health agendas and joint activities, and to leverage small countries’ common needs at regional and international levels.

Established in 2013, the Small Countries Initiative (SCI) is a platform through which 11 countries in the Region with populations of two million or less work together to share their experiences and achieve their common health objectives. The countries in the SCI are: Andorra, Cyprus, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino and Slovenia.

From left: Margrieta Langins, Marie Friedel, Paulette Lenert, Hans Kluge and Anne-Marie Hanff

Growing and recognised efforts

To celebrate the International Nurses Day, Paulette Lenert, Minister of Health; Marie Friedel, Professor and Course Director in Nursing Sciences; Anne-Marie Hanff, President of the National Nursing Association in Luxembourg (ANIL) and Hans Henri Kluge, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe shared their viewpoints during a panel discussion.

Paulette Lenert insisted on the huge work done in terms of education with the creation of new Bachelors in Nursing Sciences starting in September 2023. “This is a great step for Luxembourg and it will attract motivated people”. She also mentioned the promotion campaign launched recently to better explain the different aspects of the jobs as for instance attributions and technologies are changing.

Marie Friedel presented the new Bachelor programmes in Nursing Sciences which are currently developed at the University of Luxembourg. “These new high-level academic programmes will empower the nursing profession by providing students with the necessary skills to practice as a bedside nurse or continue their studies. Nurses are like water in the desert, rare and precious, thus we need to consider all the complexity of nursing, develop clinical practice and research findings.”

Anne-Marie Hanff sent a clear message for better consideration and recognition of nurses at national and international levels.

Finally, Hans Henri Kluge underlined the numerous efforts made in recent years by Luxembourg in the health sector and encourage all the stakeholders to continue in this direction.

Fonte/Source: https://wwwfr.uni.lu/index.php/fstm/actualites/international_nurses_day_university_presents_its_new_bachelors