The Azerbaijan Symposium on Strengthening Nursing and Midwifery Organized by WHO has Started its Work

The symposium aims to share innovations, reforms, and changes in nursing and midwifery practice and education in the world, as well as to discuss the state of nursing and midwifery in Azerbaijan in the areas defined in WHO's Global Strategic Directions for Nursing and Midwifery.

Dr. Halil İbrahim Durak, Medical Officer at WHO, Dr. Fazil Huseynbeyov, head of the Health Organization Department at the Ministry of Health, Rashad Chobanli, head of the Analysis and Statistics Department at SAMHI, Dr. Anar Israfilov, Deputy Executive Director of TABIB and Dr. Anar Aghayev, dean of the Faculty of Public Health at the Azerbaijan Medical University delivered opening remarks in the event. The participants of the symposium are nurses and midwives, scholars, students, and decision-makers, as well as experts and nurses from different countries of the WHO European Region.

Within the framework of the symposium, 3-panel discussions will be held on the topics of "Services and duties of nurses and midwives" (December 12), "Nursing and midwifery education" (December 13), and "Leadership" (December 14) which will be broadcasted live from 09:00 on the Facebook page of WHO Azerbaijan. Various forums and training courses will also take place during the symposium. More than 300 Azerbaijani nurses and midwives will participate in the courses covering 12 topics.

The symposium will help to expand the exchange of ideas among nurses and midwives, experts and decision-makers, as well as to strengthen cooperation and interaction between nurses and midwives at the local, regional, and international levels.