By Joseph Erunke
FOUR Nigerian women have been named among 100 Outstanding Women Nurses and Midwives Leaders by the Women in Global Health.
They were named as part of activities to mark the 2020 International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife.
A statement by the WGH and YONM named the four Nigerian women as Mary Ozuruonye Agholor, Edidiong Asanga, Emmanualla Inah, and Onyinyechi Susan Madu.
The statement explained that the 100 women were chosen for “their everyday heroism and service”, amidst the global health challenges.
“During the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, amidst a global pandemic, the courageous work of Nurses and Midwives deserves, more than ever, to be honored not just by applause. Let us use the stories of their everyday heroism and service to call for all countries to invest in decent work and a new social contract for nurses and midwives as part of their commitment to health for all,” it explained.
Not many among us could have predicted when the World Health Organization declared 2020 as
The International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife that we would come to know in visceral ways how essential nurses and midwives are to health and healing. Not many of us could have foreseen the extent to which their lives and their deaths would reveal the state of healthcare systems and societies across the world.
As the daughter of a nurse who, like nurses and midwives everywhere, exalted both in the wonder of human biology and the love of human beings, I want to pen a few words in the final moments of this tumultuous year in the hope that we take seriously what we’ve learned about them, about ourselves, and about our larger communities.
Western Cape premier Alan Winde.
WESTERN CAPE NEWS - Western Cape Premier Alan Winde thanks the healthcare and frontline workers for a sterling job done throughout the pandemic this year.
“Throughout this year, we saw governments, organisations, businesses and individuals step up to help during this crisis,” said Winde.
Read Winde’s words of appreciation in his last statement for 2020
As we close out this very difficult year, I want to thank the people of the Western Cape. We have been faced with many trials and obstacles this year. Many people have suffered tremendous loss. Yet, throughout it, we have also seen the shining light of kindness and humanity.
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Editor s note:
In 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak upended lives and livelihoods of people in Tamil Nadu in myriad ways. The novel coronavirus threw up new and unprecedented challenges, especially for people from marginalised sections of society. In a multi-part series, Firstpost explores how individuals from different walks of life lived through the year of the pandemic