Nursing (Resolution)

WPR/RCJ8.R2 NURSING The Regional Committee, Having considered the report of period July 1985 to June 1987 and, nursing; 1 the Regional Director for the in particular, the review of Recalling resolution \f.PR/RCJJ.R14, and resolution WHAJ0.48, which, inter alia, recommended that Member States should undertake a comprehensive review of the roles and functions of the different types of personnel, including nursing/midwifery personnel, within the context of national health programmes in order to redefine and restructure them to meet, in an interdisciplinary approach, the needs of communities for primary health care; Recognizing the contribution of nursing to primary health care and to the health services in general; Remembering the strategies to educate century and affirms primary health care; Declaration of Tokyo, which calls for new health and medical manpower in the twenty-first the reorientation of health services towards 1 • URGES Hember States: (1) to give priority to strengthening nursing/midwifery personnel planning by undertaking a review of the roles and functions of each category within the national health manpower plan; (2) to intensify training, retraining and continuing education programmes for nursing/midwifery personnel; 2. REQUESTS the Regional Director to continue to cooperate with Hember States in their efforts to strengthen nursing and midwifery services, with special emphasis on manpower planning and training. Fifth meeting, 10 September 1987 1 Document \'1PR/RCJ8/2.