Tauranga nurse who worked during polio, TB honoured for International Year of Nurse
22 Dec, 2020 10:00 PM
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Being stuck on her back for six weeks with a broken pelvis was the best training Margaret Pringle could have to be a nurse. If people did your pressure care and didn t do it properly or they leave crumbs in your bed and you lie on your back and can t move, she said wincing her face. It taught me a lot about how to be a good nurse.
That was back in the late 1950s. Today the 85-year-old is humbled to be honoured by her aged-care provider Oceania Healthcare in celebration of International Year of the Nurse.
MSF nurse Sheetal distributes masks and soap at a designated Covid-19 health centre in Mumbai
In the year when a pandemic swept the globe, one image will endure as a symbol of our collective, deeply felt gratitude during a tumultuous time. From New York, to Rome, cities reverberated with the sound of people stepping out to clap and cheer our most essential workers, those working in healthcare. Among those applauded were some of the 28 million nurses and midwives serving as part of the global front line response. Nurses and midwives are the backbone of global healthcare. In low-resource and war-torn countries they are often the only healthcare professionals a person sees. And yet they don t always get the recognition that they received this year, or that they deserve.
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21 December 2020
This has been a year like no other. Yet the fight for sexual and reproductive health and rights by our awe-inspiring teams and partners around the world has continued in the face of uncharted challenges. Here, we share 20 moments from 2020 that have shaped the year for IPPF.
1. IPPF’s COVID-19 response
COVID-19 has upended life as we all knew it. The impact on public health has been cataclysmic, and we have the utmost gratitude and admiration for our Member Associations who stopped at nothing to carry on delivering vital sexual and reproductive healthcare during this unprecedented year.
We are in awe of every worker and every volunteer who was able to continue doing their very best to provide vital sexual and reproductive healthcare, even at risk to themselves. They are truly heroes, and we are forever grateful for their dedication and commitment.