The Northern Regional Council of the Order of Nurses of Burina Faso celebrated International Nurses Day from June 7 to 9, 2024 in Yako. These days were placed under the theme: ‘Our nurses, our future. The economic power of care’.
As part of the delayed commemoration of International Nurses Day celebrated on May 12 each year, nurses from the Northern region met on Saturday June 8, 2024 in Yako to magnify their profession, through a series of activities.
These included a conference, diabetes and artificial hypertension screening campaigns, a football match, a walk, a blood donation and a dance evening.
Chaired by the High Commissioner of Passoré, Daouda Sangaré, the celebration was attended by administrative authorities, associations, customary and religious, military and paramilitary authorities and healthcare personnel from Passoré.
Placed under the theme: ‘Our nurses, our future, the economic power of care’, the conference was moderated by the president of the National Council of the Order of Nurses of B
urkina, Bonvouila Ouédraogo.
In his communication , Mr. Ouédrago made it known that the role and responsibility of nurses are unequivocal.
Because, he justified, no global health action program can be carried out without the efforts of nursing staff who play a central role in establishing health coverage, in order to achieve the sustainable development desired by the ‘ WHO since 2020 .
Continuing his intervention, the communicator explained that the economic power of care occupations an important place in the nursing profession and especially in the improvement of health care services, economic development, peace and the well-being of populations.
‘Its investment improves labor productivity by strengthening the health care system,’ he said.
The first manager in charge of the health structures of Passoré, Ousséni Sawadogo, appreciated the day while inviting the populations to give a place of their own to the nursing function in the healthcare system of Burkina Faso.
The godmother of the day, Bernadette K
ientéga/Ouédraogo, for her part, invited health workers to work with more enthusiasm in order to be models in the exercise of their duties.
Ms. Kientéga also invited them to love patients and users of health services while valuing the function.
For the president of the Northern Regional Council, Paul Ouédraogo, the choice of Yako for holding the activity is justified by the fact that its nursing population is the largest in terms of numbers, after the Ouahigouya health district.
‘We are traveling to hospitals and CSPS to think about how to change perceptions and demonstrated that strategic investment in nursing care can bring socio-economic benefits,’ he maintained.
The high commissioner of the Passoré province, Daouda Sangaré, specified that the day consists of mobilizing administrative officials, customary and religious leaders to understand the profession of nursing.
For him, the theme is significant and highlights the relationship between the well-being of a community and the nursing profession.
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angaré explained that this leads the international community, global health officials and policy makers, to invest in the training and development of the workforce as well as the improvement of working conditions and the role of nurses. /ies in society.
At the end of the conference, the participants appreciated the content of the commemoration of Yako, like David Kouadjagué who admitted that the celebration of the said day allowed him to rediscover his identity and to reflect on his future.
Source: Burkina Information Agency