UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNlES

W O R L D H E A L T H ORGANIZATION

REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE

EASTERN MEDlTERRANEAN

REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EE WTWV ~ D I ~ ~ N

Finh Session * I .,-.

ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE

ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

Sub-Committee A

TJnesco House, Beirut _L- ,-.f -* -- .. _._-

Thursday, 29 Septemb~r 1955, at 4.30 p.m. 3 . - I-.------.---.- -.--- -1-) .--- -

C m I f E L i X : Dr. Jamil dN0UTI (bbanon)

1. Participation in tho work of both Sub-Connittoes (resumwd from t h e f irs t mooting)

2. Technical discussionr ''lJursingl'

3. Rsso1utiordaf.-the ~ i @ t h W o r l d H e a l t h A s ~ ~ m b l y of r ~ g i c n u l intorest (reswnod f r o m the fourth uootinz) :

Expansion of' Public I n f o m t i o q Activi t ies in t ho Eastern 3ioditnrranoan !ic&ion

sacrotary of tho ~ o g i o n a l CormnitWo: Dr. A.T. Shouska Rogional Director

Thursday, 29 Scptmber 1955, at 4.30 p.m. -.. -1.- - 4 - . - * . . - * . ----

CGYPT Dr. M.0. Shoib

Dr. F, mlnndos, Vico-Chairman b t o Hapto ZPrim wme-t-nnnnn

32LL;iCE Dr. ki. Prdvot

I FiIQ Dr. it. Ibrahim

Dr. J. ~lrnouzogar Dr. A.T. Diba ;vLiss Salsal i

Dr. Sobhi a i n , Vioo Chairmnn --- Eiss E. B i l l b o r n Kiss-. Ohanian

Dr. Jmil hnouti, Chairmnn - 3 - 1

Dr. 3. Hayck Dr. E. Tfalcil iW. A. Salcm

Dr. Pi. Foclllnor Xr. 0 . 1 ~ ~ Kadi

IJAiKISU~;: Dr. L.H. !%an

Dr. J, ,:Ar2ctingi Dr. D. El-Chattf

S i r Eric P r i d i o Dr. w.8.- rtlypn

~cpresontatives of United Zu'ations and Spocia l ieod ;&oncics -I...-- I-.---- --. --.- -..- --A- -

9r. L.T. ~indlay Xiss F. Pragor Er. ;?. Darity

Rcprc~bnketivos of IP.-ter-Gel-crrrmcntcl Organizat ions L - ----I- - - - -C & - I- - *. 1 - - A-

I:n-kernatTcn?l Cam-itteo o f Z i l i t a r y . Icdic iw and Phcrmacy d s c inc cap i t a inc Hares d o u ~ d

Dr. M. Nabulsi

In-t ;crmticnul C m i i t t e z o f Catholic !ITurscs and 1-icdico-Socinl Workcrs Xiss 23. E j o i l

L ~ z g u a of 3 ~ d Croxs S o c i e t i o s D r . E , B z k l i n i

W p r c scntativd of t h t a ircctor-Gi~cral : D r . P. Dorollc Deputy .Director-Gemral

The Tzcfaicnl Disc~is s ion on ESure ins r;?Ls s-ttcndcd by approxinatcly I5 nurses from Lcbcl.non, 4 frcn S j ~ i a , 1 f r o m Jardari, and 7 i n t o r - national nurses.

EC ~ i ~ / k I ~ Q i n / 5 pago 4

1. WJ?TICIPfA'r'IOW I2J TJ33 '@RII OF ZOTH S U B - C O h W TTEdS (resumed)

bir. L. VESTRI (~taly), referr ing to his stztemcnt at the f i r s t mooting of t h o

Sub-Comnii-ttoc, snid hc had since rccoivcd i n s t r u c t i o ~ s from his Govormont to

oxercisc his r i gh t to v o t o in Sub-Cawflittoc lL.

The C?~;LIK~~'LB r c c a l l o d t ha t thc: SuS-Committs~ has approvod thc reqxest of

I,taly kc; rcsorve thc r i g h t tc voSe in Sub-Gomi-ttza , a s soon as hc had rccoivcd

il?strucfioons to that o f f o c t from his Eovcmncnt. In order to givo offect to tho

Sub-C~m~ittcels decision, hc proposed thnt it should formally suspend the

appl ica- t ioi l of Rule 22 o f thc mlcs of Procaduro cs rogards thc rcprcsontativc of

Italy and f o r the prcsont sossion.

Decision: Sub-Cornittoe 1'~ u m n ~ m u s l y approved tho Chairman's proposal. W-. -.- --

Dr. SIIOUSKL, Rogionnl Director, in spening t hc technical discussion on

nursing, said h2 w2s cspccially glnd to soc thnt scvcral countrics had included

nurscs in fzcir dclogat iom, thus showing that g>v,varments cloarly undorstood t h e

role nursos must bc oxpoctcd t o play if health p r o g r m c s in t ho i r countries were

to be cffoct ivc nnd successful. HG nlso w~lcorned the group of nursce who had

cspccinlly corn to m i r u t for t h ~ discussicn.

i+n incraasing n m b c r of g>vt rmcnts throughout tho vrorld, as kicl l as t h o Icy

pooplc, r cz l ized today that t h y could not havo succcsaful hcalth p r o g r m c s

v~ithou-l; h a v i n ~ gocd nursos. So~nd hcalth progxmnec wcrc bnscd on -fie spccif ic

ncods of each country , but cor ta ic mcnsurcs common to a l l p r o g r m c s would a l ~ m y s treaiment a

bo rcquircd: pronotion of h o ~ l . t h : provontion nnd control o f disoasas ; nnd$orc

of the sick and infirm. In a l l thoso scrvicas nurscs had a vcry distinctiw

contribution to nako.

mc discussion should holp to clarify fur thor tho rolo cf t;I; nursiw

profcss isn in khcsc k i l ? l t h pro$r>rmni:s and to find w3ys by which the nction~l

a&ninistrntions c ~ u l d build up a nursing corps adequctc in qunl i ty and nwabor and

uscd t o the: bcs-L n d v a n t a g ~ ~

esaont i ' l foctcr ir grorncting nursing in c country had bcon found -to bc

the cstablisb~ont cf :i nursin; scc-Lion ~ - r division in thc nationcl hzc l th

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a h i n k s t r a t i o n staffed w i t h om o r moru oxporienced and canpetant nurse

administrators.. That q u e s t i ~ n had bocn doalth w i t h in thc bogirulkg of - h o papor

on nursing (~~5/Ei3/10, pagc 51, which had beon prepared as background m a t o r i a l for

tho discussion m d had b ~ o n cugf;cs-tcd as c. spocial t o p i c f o r .tho disoussion. It

would bo ii;ost uscful n n ~ s t b u l a t i n s t o her,r thc: cow,~cnts of thoso Govermcnts

that had o x p o r i c ~ c c and cf thosc. thct wcro corrs idcr in~, setting up such a division

md it ir:ould bu of spoc in l i n t o r o s t to h c u f r o m t h o n u r s i x grcup prcscnt.

Therc ltiCro howcrcr, many h p o r t n n t napcc ts which hc kopcd auld bo diecuasod,

Boforc oponing t h c discussior- , ho would ask tho Chairmn tu g i v ~ t h ~ f l o o r t o tho

R e s i o n a l Xurs ?r,g h d ~ i s c r tc i:~traducit the top ic .

-- u r , IXROLLE, Deputy D i r ~ c t o r - W l ~ o r n l , w i s h ~ d only to suppor t t h o rcmrks of

the Rc&ior~d l D i r e c t o r wti to affirm thc specizl importnnce givon by tho Xorld

Ho:-lth Organization to nursing, as oviaonccd by thc fact that nursin~ had bcon

thc thcnc fcr WcrXd 1;zlkh Day L~ 1954 c.na would bc thi: t o p i c f o r thc technical

~ ~ S C U S E ~ Z I S at thc Vcrld Eec.1-Lh r'rssc~lbly ill 1956.

Ttx quoskion o f nursinz went fcr beycnd thc problom of hoalth scrvicos. Ir.

many couiltrics n u r 3 i n g . m ~ -the f i r s t 3rof~ssion opon kc wcmcn. By helping

govcrmcnts t o cstcblish schools of zursiilg, \>TO wsuld he lp the w m c n of tho

var i~us c ~ w a t r i e s ' t a impr~rrc t h ~ i r sco ic , l ar.d p r o f 3 s s i ~ m 1 s ta tus , and dcmalzstrate

thct m m c n could and m a t scrrc a n ~ c t i v c nombors cf sccic-t;!r on t h o a m e lcvcl

tk-lo sr~12 cc~dit ia; :s cs ncil. ".?y sc doing thc Organizction would bcl f'ulf i l l i i i g 3no

c f thc aims ' c .thc Unitad LL'ations Chnrtcr.

liiss GO PZSCEZ, Regiobd 2iurs ing Adviser, spc?.king at tha invitaticii of tho

Chairman, said that although nursing wrLs still young as a r o c ~ g n i w d profession

in many countries 2nd i n s u m had aol; y e t rocclied professicnnl status, nursing

itsolf WAS i?n art which had bocn practisod as long as mrk ind oxistod,

It IKLS rocognizod today thct h o c ~ l t h v ~ s thu r i g h t cf e n r y hman being and

t l ~ a t t r u o k-onl-th - of. thc nind anu spirit as w2L1 as cf t h c bcdy - which i r i - ~ o l v ~ d

ha:lth of 5% family ns wll as oi' "Uc comnunity,ma an ossontinl fac tor f o r t h o

c ron t ion of n new and bcttor world.

I l l~rscs a l l over t n c -r'.rorlCi v:crz t7.~vhre of their distinctive ro lo in tha t

-imfi';l>d,~u~ ~ ~ i - ~ t u r z h u t ;1;i:,3d &OVL -11 kc bo usod -LC tho fulb st ndvantago for t h c

SG!. :._unity :-:id ccuntry i n which thcy I;:C:rc -LC scrvc czc! t9 bc suf ' f icicntly r l ~ l l -

y c p c r a d f 'zr -the rospcnsiblo 11~:r4 thty smri to cnl-ry out . Thosc h ~ o f l m d ~ i o n t c l

?:iy12;o 1 - r ~ r o of pc r t i zu l a r k p o r t a n c c i n v i z ~ ? uf t h e v ior ld -wide s h ~ r t h g ~ of nursi!~?

. i..cr . .. nr, .-uo 1 ~ j i d . t ; h ~ ~ ~ ~ i ~ t ~ n t l y gr~aiil;? pub l i c dcnand fsr lvcro n~xd bc t t c r hca i th czrc ,

TGth r!:gc-rd t o Scc t io i? 11 tTtcti-r;nsl iLclni:-:istr~tioc and Planninz f o r lJursingw

>f thc: docmor:t prepnrod f c r t k c discussior, (~~5/E! ; /10) , t h o Rogianal Dircictor had

rllrccdy r,ir:n-tic~lid the impcrtnnco cf iccluc',-ing nurscs i n tho country-wtdc p1nmic.g

:cd z . r % ' ~ . i i z i s t r ~ t i o n cf ths !;cr.l# ficrviccs and that cculd best be dcnc by crgar.izii:g

:I nursing s o c k i o n in the nn-~ ic lml hcn.l th ,zrhinistrn+,icn ~ . 5 t h a chicf iiursc rcspcns-

~ b l o f o r studying t c g e t ho r si?;h G th i r hc:.lth ~ f f i c i c ~ l s , thc hLa l th r-ct;ds cP tho

ccur&ry ;:.:?d pl::nning riurs i y t a r?c-ot, t l~osc. nccds c i t h i n t h e social alld uc;n~inic

S c c t i c ~ IT7 dcalt t:itl-, c d u c c t i o r ~ for profcss iom. l nursiiig at scinc lcngth s i l ~ c c

that wzs cf fur.dmcnta.1 i m g c r t ~ n c ~ f c r sound d c ~ ~ c l o ~ x c n t . L i t t l c nttcnkis;! had

bton paid t o zduc~tion ir -thn past i n n o s t c o u ~ l t r i ~ ~ sf thz world arrd it m s

t hc ro fo rc rrck s u r p r i s ixl:; t l i a t thcro IKLS r- lack o f nurscs suf ficicntly wall-prcpnrcd

t c ; -;Icy t h c i r A111 rclc: ir., the ~ ~ p ~ ~ 1 - 1 d i i l g and increasingly com5lox hc:.ltk scrviecs .

TLc docurwnt described t he ! r i ~ d or c d u c n t i m thL1t should bc givcn t o

rLlrs2s -126 tF.2 f ~ . c i l i t , i > s t h ~ t should bc providc;d in a schocl o f nursii~;,

3uro i l ~ g 3r,-c-3 h o w c ~ ~ ~ i r cc dynar~c prrfez~ion and a basic ccursc v n s n o t sufi ' ic icnt ,

Tho orgnnixnticn of pzs t -bzs ic education c i thcr at homo or abrcnd should also bo

c3nsidcred a s sosn ns ppsn ih l c . Nurse,.; a h ~ u l d ' c ~ givcn t h c bes t cpportunity t o

2ra>?~ro f c r t h u p o e i t i c n u f l o n d u r ~ k i i i > which they y:crts c f t c n nskod t o C L S S W ~ G at a

::r,s rccognizcd as zn o?P'iclr..l g u i J ~ ~ fsr thi, uso of G O V C ~ ~ I ~ E ~ S ~ i ~ h i n ~ t o dcvcloy:

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S s c t i c n IV" Auxilizq~ iI'ursing Porsarmoll' hnd boon tho sub j d c t of tho technical

discuss iens in 1954. Sincc s 3cih1, cducaticml 0 conomic factors would

probably cs3?_tlnt?.c tr; l i m i t the; rmbsr o f youn, mncn wailable f c r ~rofeesional

nursing, the cnp1o.r;rcr.t CE ~ w : i l i a r y n u r s i a ~ ; ~ o r s c g r ~ c l p rcv id~d l n uscf'ul sourcc

cf odditi~nal ho?.lW, porsonncl.

S c c t i c ~ V ccncurnct! nursing l o g i s l n t i o n . Suck l c g i s l a t i ~ r had bocsmc

nacossczry s incc nursing wc:: ~ ~ ~ a ~ i r i n g fill p r o f e a s i c m l s t a t u s . I tz aims wore to

prztoct tfio 2u3lic against unquclifiod persons and t o givz of r i c i a l recognition t o

qualified nursos.

N a t i o m I ZJursost Associatizns, doalt w i t h in Soction VI, had, ir, m y countries,

bccn +,llc n~st Lipcrtant factcr in p lamsting nursing, They Taro vduntnry

assccint icns w i t n ~ITO purposes - to assist nurscs tc jmprovc t h o i r oon t r ibu t ion tc

nursin:, and t c Zmprcvc csadi t ims fcr nursca.

Such asscciations hcd bccn croa'cod in a nwnbcr o f countries of tho rcgicn in

thc lnst fcw yoars and nll had energetic nurscE xho worc trying to cstabl ieh now

af isoc ic t ions nnd onlcrgc tho cxiating cncls.

Thc IntorW.ticnnl Ccuncil o f NUTBCS assistcci m t i o n a l asscciations t c mzintnin

2nd prfimtc t h o highest s t a ~ d r ~ r d 6 :-rursing so rv iocs , nursing o d u c a t i ~ n and

prcfosni~nnl ethics.

!&c picturts disglaycd in thc hall of Unoscv Kouso s h m d how grcc t n role

nurscs rmrc : ~ l r c n ~ j r playing in t h c ho~lth icrvicos o f t h e countricg o f kho rclzicn.

But in ordo r k c noot t h i imrcas ing domnd f o r ncrc and bettor nursing in n i l

ccuntrics of Elc: region, p rcpnrx t ion of t i l t . nurso, Rcwevor good, t ics nct in i t s c l f

sufficient. 111 addition t o thc nccc ssary tachnical qualificctions t h c R ~ d ~ ~ i l

nurso must hzvo an undorstlmding cf t h o doepcst ncods cf the pcrsons shc was to

care f o r o r wcrk v i t h thrcugh a l i f c on tho highcjs t m o r a l s t m dards 2nd a sinccrr;

dosirc to be cr' sorvica.

D r . a D U Z W ( ~ r m ) m i d his G o v o m ~ n t m s iZllly nvaro of tho increasing

bnsr tnncc c f nursing in tho gublic hcnlth ser+icu and it had droady o s t n b l i s h ~ d

F. nursing d i v i s i o n in thc i i i n i s t r y c f Hoclth.

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Ha ~ s k c d thg Ghnirmnr~ .to a l l o w i,!iss S ~ X s : ~ l i , xuysiw lLdvisuk -.tc ~e

Gtjlcrcticn tc ad&oss , the ~ c e t i n g ,

- - . . '1 . s~-','&Ls;LLI (I ran) spC-A< i.3lg r, t t h ~ invi -l;s$i on of the Cllniman thn&od

?,:c;ii.lna!. Co iXI i t t c3 Tor chocsin~ nursing as a t o p i c f o r the discussicn, Iran w~~

f l j - l l ; . 0zTK:rC of t h t important r o l c : zf nursins in tho h c d t h scrV- icc bcth in tho curative

::n:,l ? rcvint ive l i o l d s .

~cscribing thc past znd ~ r c s o n t status of nursins in Ircn shc asid t hc history o f

riursil:~ l ~ r o n t back mcr ly 25 years ' i z i c ~ mission echoclg cf nursins wort a.tmtod. +PLt

nri;sr;-r._t t h o r o 'b"b'xr(; missisn schscl in 7 cf Wlc 9 p r ~ v i n c c s , c schosl s o t up by thc

I~?(i l icd 3 il Cc:~pany, a ?ncalc:.l ass ist::?.n@ s ~ h o ~ ~ ~ s s i x i l ~ t e d t: nW3.z s aids), 2nd f c ~ r

acl?.c sls o f f i c i a l l ; . rocoenizecl by t h ~ Goviorriu~cn.t.

T? ;.rc hp.6 . b o w no of ficicllg r~cognizod schools of nursing in Irm bcforc 1947,

' ;rtz.t stridcs hcd bcrun rnado a i rcc . tha t t i r n ~ . f n addiiicn t o thc nurain!: schocls t ho rc

T;x~i. -h-r, r[;ccgnizcd ~ : i b i f c r ; r sc;~oclls, x1d a ru ra l school o f n i d ~ v i f ~ r y f cr s i x t h ~ r a d c

v i l h - g c g i r l s lntcndcd tc; sop1 3co v-xtraincti midwivcs ' in t hc vi l lagcs . I n r -ddi t ian to the fiurscs and nib-ivoe t r a i r ~ d i n I r a a ccnaidcrrrblc numbdr c f

z.irLs ; i~ -C! rc;ceivcC! t h o i r b a s i c t rn inin , in fcroigi; csuntrios in Europe a3d tPic Unitcd

Stztcs zf :$~cric:;. ~ h o s c wcro t r ~ ~ i ~ ~ o d nurse-s hntI nursa midvrivcs rt:hc k d complced

Y1:oir o d u c ~ ~ t i c n ct tlilcir clrn c;xpc;isu, yhc I r ta ian :my a lsc scr;t; a f c ~ s sc loctcd S r l a

T3r traininc t ; ~ Eurcpfi . ~CJIIO sch~10rship~- and Pcint TV scholar uhigs f 5r advc.nccd study

r?*cginz frr;jx uno yonr t o 18 r:lr,n*s ha?c! bckn ~ i v c n tc zrnduntc nurscs cr midwives in

d i f f o r o a t f i c l d s . trttb r u ~ f i r d t s ~ c t i v c g ro joc t s , nroi~lrc?,icns -:rorci undcniay fcr ?. co;nplc%c 3uYVc;y

by t% Publ ic IIi;.?.lth ~ r ~ a n i e a t i a n o f tha ?!inistry cf m: lth of' a l l schocls sf nursinz,

including xis sic:i schcc3& in 1rr.n ~d7i-t~". thi; o r p r a s s I j j i l T p O S G 32 ~ ~ t k i ! ? ? Up C L C C C : _ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ D

,, 7-- - - %,',,ALL&wrds.

sucp-- , r ld l y , Irr,;:inn nurse hzd fonncd an ;,ssscintion t~ ycc?rs -,rovi~r!slg which 7rus

,rc y:ci;:s ox: ?. rlur s i l l c cdc . T~IL :ins f c r thc inrprr~vc;fi.on-i; cf sursing in thc counkr;; should be; - f i r s t l y , closi; c c l k boy3;ticn t.;it;h idio iiix~istr;? :.f Bducxtian tc imprcvc

sduca t i can l fccilitics i~ prk51crp 2nd ooccndardr ~ i r l s 1 S G ~ O O ~ S sc tha t t k q c-.uld

-,;cocsn~ n source cf rr:cruitmcnt c f cy,c,liriod ycun: acrr~cnr

RC 5iL/W./ii in15 pngo 9

succndly, thc ~ s t a b 1 i s ~ c r . t ot good c l i ~ i c a l w i t s in tho hospitals by g i v i n ~

~ c t i v c ~ u i d a n c e tc nursing servico cchinis t ra tors , supkrvis~rs, hood fiursoa and stcff

&rcugfi, 3. c~5t:inucus tr?uc:,.t;ir,rzCLprogr~~m and incorpornti3n of gublic health in tho

rursir,~ schsol c u r r i c u l ~ m ;

thirdly, thc: o a t a b l i s h m n t of",+. . n u r s i ~ ~ do>nrbnc,nt in -khe University fclr pcs t -

rcduatc courses 0x1 r ~ u r s i n ~ cducction;

fcur thly, c c n t i i ~ u a t i u n of thc solicy of' sondin: higher grcdc s tudcnts a b r ~ ~ d f c r

kainir-5 i n varisus hct.ltn f i e l d s t o q u d i f y t!:m tc super-~ i s t c.nd a i d in t hc

hp lc rn~nt r~ t ion sf thc p r c g r m c on t h c i r return.

Finally, she u r p d thnt morc fullov~ships bo givon t o nurse-tutsrs rtnd ilurso

iidwifu-tutors for tho yczr 1957.

3r. Z Z K I (~udr .n) said t h e important position rf thc nurse in t h o national hcc l th

:hiaist;r?.tion bad bcon rca l ized for a long t h o .

Thc first schcol of nursing hcd b c ~ n ogoncd in 1926 in thc; capitnl,

Sub.kscqucntly it hnd boca found thr.t dcccnt ra l izn- t icn 3f tcschins ?as nacdod to

i~ i t 1 o c : J ccndi t io r :~ .?nd ~ u r s i n _ r schcols had b o ~ n cstablishcd at cach cf t5e

:rt;-~incicl hcaciquz.rtcrs hcsr; i tals and st m s t d i s t r i c t hosri-Lzla, Tho forxer

kc1u.dcd i ~u r s in!>. i l o s r i t n l s . ~ Z G Diroctcr o f ?.lc.cdical Scrviccs - 2 ~ s rc sgcnsiblc for tho

?i->iain? ~f purses t h r a u ~ h ~ u t t h o country nrcl wzs css i s tcd by a contra1 Nursing C~uncil

?cc?snsiblc f c r c c s r d i x t i o n sf trninin;, recognition of hoapikhls as trcining cuntrcs,

ir5.2 ~ S S U C zf t h u c c n t r ~ l i iu rs in~ , Couu:cil ccrtifientc .to graduat~s ~ t c .

Fo described t hc ccnditions for candidntos, t h s t h r o e ccursos -ivon ncd thc

:urriculum which wcls l i n k o d wi th practicql trninizg in wzirda, spcoial dcp~rtr,icni;s of

sspitnls mlr! wolfurc ccntros.

zt-cry t c ~ c h i n g h o s p i t d had a loozl study board r ~ s p o n s i b l c t c *c Contra1 I?ursinz

:zuncil, F ~ m i n a t i o r ~ s waro s o t hg tho Council *ich so loc tcd t h o oxminors c i thc r

3xtrrml ~r i~tG~'m1.

In 1955 it hv3. bucr ducidod -co :~Xaco tllc t ra ining c f nurses on a higher p rc fc s s ioml

1asi.s. PL ruruin?: ~ c l l c c l had bcon s s t up with -i;hc assist,anco c f llrT3l and UIVIGZF cs a

~ ; - ~ r ~ t c : ii.s"til;u-kicn. n ~ n t u t c r rlursos d ~ s i p a t ; c d by TlBO wculd a r r ivc s h c r t l y ts dr?.L

~2 th2 curriculux ir, c~ l l ab r : r ?2 ; i~n ~i-i-tl? - t ; l~ loccl h-21th ndminislrator on a mtional

basis and br~adcr concupts of t h o rolc: of nursi,ng. Thc oxist ing schools muld

czntinuo -ts f'ucction f o r the t r n i a i n g crf zuxiliary nurscs.

T!IC m e t i n g su~pcndcd at 5,30 p.m. and rosumod at 6 . W p,n. --- - YW --.. -

Dr. I3WfTSFI (1raq) thanked t h e Rc,@oncl D i roc to r f o r t h o valuable infomation

c s ~ t t t i m d in t h o docwont (RC~/E~~O). Ye fully cgrocd w i t h pr0vir;us sp~3akors On

t h c k.~pcrtzr,cc cf t h ~ subjbct of nursins. Bo would liinit h i s rsmarks to - h a

q u ~ s t i o n s f3r discussion indicated. ~t tho cnd cf tho dccument.

5is ansmr tc tho first qucntion, v:hcthor enrolment in t h e ccuntry m a

su . f f i c i cn t t o :r lcot -kho I w n l t h neod, vns ir, tho negntivc. md rocrsons wcrc that

- :~ l l -nt g i r l s srcduatins from thc scoondary schools preforrod t o c n b r col loga and t ha t

cr. account of sccinl cc~ld i t ions n z s t f m i l i o s did nct allow t k x i r g i r l s to ontcr

~iurs ing schools. Eo fc1.t suro Lhr.t wikh increased oducnticn and ,ood publicity and

' i~y rccoznizing nursins as a pofcss i cn mcrc cnndiddtes ccu ld Sc obtained,

'i4'ith regard ta t h ~ sccand question, tho ingortanci! of astztblishin;: a+ nursing

socticn in thc Xinistrjr cf Eca l th had bocn recognized in Iraq cnd c nursing advisor had

b;lioli appointed in 1952 wheat: duties were tc inspect; tho work cf nursos, tc g i m .aclvico

;n rbquost and to tako part in the educztiofi of nurscs.

C c m i t t o c , on which WfTO was ruproscnted, had b e ~ n formod in the Ministry of

I!~alth under "bo Chaimnship o f the Docn of the Faculty cf l,lcdicino tc study nothods

->o hprcve +Ao presont nursin,.; schccl asd nlnke plans f ~r t h e c ~ l l o g c of nursing which

it vzs hoped -tc open w i t h i n thc next yenrs.

Fie xished t o thank thc Regicnnl Director S3r crganizing n nursing C G u r r r e the

:,bxnndria Gzl losc which ~ ? ~ * l l d bo of assistance tc Irnq in preparing nurse-tutcrs.

Dr. IilYEK ( ~ e b a n ~ n ) nskod tho Chairman to civc tho f l c o r t= 3,Tiss Chcuchani %,rho

- m s in chargu of t h o nursins soction at tilo Lcbmcse 1,Tinistz-y o f X o ~ . l t h and was

cnc cf tbo nurscs ncst a b l o t? u t i l l z o ,fully t h ~ fI,XD follourshi_p grnntod to hcr.

Sincc hcr roturn shc hzd drawn up h c zuidcs - cnc on schcol hoc l th cnd on6 cn

h:liday cmps. It was n o t svorlccked tkt ePlssu successful r e s u l t s ware duo, in a

large lilcasuro t c the w i s o P d l l ~ ~ i s h i p !?rcgromr;lG s c t up by +kc Rogisnal D i r c c t ~ r and

his stzff.

RC b,/El~/E!in/S pago 11

Yiss CE?OUC%'dI ( ~ c b c n c n ) sniri t h e t progrcss in medical scioncos had Lod tho

10~~1th c-uthcr iliks t= cocpcra tc i r ? .tilt: provcntisn ol" d i s c ~ s e s , i n p r o v i d i ~ : eurativo

;ron.tr;l-x.t r'cr the p5splc cnd in t h c p r o p c s s i v c in9rcv~mont ;f public health in

: p ~ c r c . l . 2:s t h a t c:v:lutfcn ~ r ~ ! ; r c s s o d , dcctors ?.nd l o c - l au thc r i t i o s had turncd

ncrc2sinll;ly t r ; t hc nurscs, L ~ p r s v i n g t h e i r trzinin:, r"a:kcilitics and i n c r c c s i n ~ t h e i r

mibors . 'rho nursc: had b~~y~7.n t c collcib:rr.to in hu-,l th cducc,ticn, provantivc moasuros,

i ~ p r ~ v c x c r ~ l ; cf thL ily~ier& csnJiti3no cf the hew , r chab l l i t c t i on o f tile sick,

hnzos-t'nctj.znticn ond. certain ccro r o q u i r i ~ q s p ~ c i a l i z e d n ~ d ~ r i l nursinf; techniques . &ffwrcvcx~nt in t h ~ stn~dard o f nursing hnd rosvltod and tho nurse rocoiv~d fill

s z t i s f i c t i o n in her vrcrk,

Present-dclr h.osp i tc , ln L112 hc?-f# somioos xu~t b~ c r g ~ r i z e d in such c nanncr as

k,;: onsurc -tho ileceGsar;r carc .tc the public an XI of f@ct ive r;nd cc~licmic bcs i s .

?j:fd'bhor 1-,nki:2.:..!_ c;r inkorriati-:rial, such studies shculd, c l l m c f valuable csnclusicns

C=r "cb:.: rluturc srgnniemtior! cf the heal th services of the country. . ,

Lch-nar- xi-kh 1,500,000 iahzbitz~ts, 250 h s . of ccas t l ina cnd 10,500 sq. kms. sf

krritcr~yr~ h-lhd SOVC~I l l u r s i n ~ schacls , oi10 schml ~f rnidv,Cifory, gna sccinl assistants

: c h ~ c l p - ~ d . r:DU 3ch301 ~f puSlic h o c l t h nursins. The first nursing achccl had becrn

ac t u~ z ~ l y ia 1942,

Sllc - t h ~ i l z c ~ c c list of the nursinz ,cc!:cols in t h c csuntry w i t h tho dc.tos of

i~pcnisz:;, dur--tion of thc ccurse, numbcr cf diplc-nas nlroady issued ~ncE numbcr cf

;~ . , s r :~? t studc-r;ts.

fro -tor! nursinr, scho~ls - w r u rocogr~izcd by t h o 1,;inistries c f I-Ios..lth c a d

C d u c ~ t i a n and xcr;; nttnchcd t c t h e raatcmity homos and hcs~itnls 'c'diiere t h o students

,nd(;~::o;~.t a praaticnl ccurco, Stuucnts must pass nn o x m i n c t i c n at thc ond. of thc i r

: k y l L : : .,L,, p in :jrder t o obtain tkct Stz tc car -b i f icn to q ~ a l i f y i j a g thon tz cxcrciso thc

,r : Ccssicn zf :.1i2wifc, nursc c r socir .1 ns~ist~nt.

Q-.t ?inisfry sf $jo-J-t;h, thrcuch i t s c k i c f nurses znd nursi?:, insr;actsrs,

?:, .;-l:lc -tr-qp~,, ,, ,.,~r,:: . prosrmmcs, r c c ~ ~ i ~ i z o c ? ~i:< super-~ined - t h o schccls und~rl i -Lking tho

~ r - in . i l zg :.ild dbnl t vrit1-r ~ 1 1 q u e s t i c ~ s csi lcorni?z~ - b o prcfc; soioaal t rnininc.

Thc csursc f o r midr?ivos VP,S .ycnor-llz a-C l u c s t cP tw2 ycarst d u r a t i ~ n and f o r

lurscs t l lroo c r Tour ycars, Cxndidztos must rinvo ro?.~hcd tho standarc1 ~f .tho 'tbrcvcttt

3 2 be ilo2- b s s -t;l~cn 20 y ~ c r s cf C L ~ C .

RC 5kb#in/S pngo 12

Practicc of tho prof~ssicns m s subject to nat iczinl regulations vory similar

t c t'nosc for c t h o r nsdicnl p r d f t u s i o c s . Therc: w?s, h m v o r , nc council for thoso

@ - ~ ? G Z S ~ ~ E E , hut r.'drc.ft l?~!! "#'.a bafof i p ~ r l i m c n t re 2. Maticmi Uni~l l zf Nursos,

Scci7.l iLasis.tr~n-3s XI; Iriclwivcs nrc! w-zkkor r e g u l a t i n ~ their praotioe.

?rzxly yr;lrnr_. rirlc in L~hr::lr.n 'L'JcIL '12 wurk nfi r ~ ~ o i s t a n t rur;;t s ill hrjspitn10, --

clicica or as ~ S F - ( visitcre, (.thoro ~13r13 2% pro ~f0p . t *~ppr3xi~?,ctfily 1,000) a f t u r c

p r n c t i c ~ ~ l czursc z r zt l c c a t yczr i n a p r i v a t t servioe.

Sbz wilt GI t: deccri>c ill dutnil the o r ~ a n i e r . t i s n arid functions of Ll~c nlasi lq

sarvicc tFircughcut *.c ccurrt;ry uildcr C11c t l i roct icn sf t h e Wrsinz Buraau oskbl i shud

by tho ",inistry 3f Scnlth.

ITi-th rc=?^rd t c t h c : St?,tc hcsi:ital sorviccls, shc szici thoro mro ehrcls - l a r g o

hcspitals i;+ Bcirut and f c u r ;rcvincial hcspitdls of 200 bods cach. Each hoapitnl

h d C. nursifi , 2ck7;?inistrntcr, 7:h;?o drw~ up -t;ilo r o p l a t i o n s and fie

tcchnic?.l t r a i c i l ; ~ pr31,;rmne f o r thc 1-.ursee3. h o s p i t d s and p u b l i p a i &

:q,s~(xsarics hnd 20 Stato-rt;gistorod nurses m d 90 : l u r s ~ - a i d ~ . Each p r i m t o

i;=s$it-.i k?-d t:: h v o zt 1s.-.s t Stztc-rcgis turcd nrarso . Lcb-ncn, in cc~crdc.nc; t:i-t'n thc, rc c~m.~trn& i5n of tho ' TII10 Export Committae on

burszny ~i-icu.ld shrrtly s : t ui;; n s-tm di;::: cc~2ittcs cornpcsed of roprcsonta'civcs cf schq

t c r ?:urscs, .lli6wivas and scc ic l assist?,nts, ~f ~ ; u b l i ~ heal th n u r s k g W C the

d i roc t rcssos o P hcspitals t r study -:m:je cf h.prsvin3 nursins.

She ~:ishoc! tr, tzkc :ziJcrtunit;' :f thank in^ Ti30 nnd particularly thc

Rd.-ion21 D i l - o o t ~ r r-rd h i s ccl labarc. tcre :"cr t h c i r i n k r a e t in the m%ttcr cf f o l l m -

ships fc r nurses cnd fcr scloctins Lubtnosc nurses to wcrk sn roL;icml gro j o c t s .

Dr. SIiOIB ( ~ g y p t ) said lac ha3 l iatcncd with great i n k r o a t to thc raports cf

thc nd;;i:ml D i r c c t ~ r and thc varicus dolognticrs, m d had beon impressad by the

i.:.;crtmt dov~lopa~nt, +,&in3 placc in all. coumltrics in thc r o g i ~ n ,

n3 &'!;-rptian G o v c r m ~ ~ t was f u l l y aware cf tho h p o r t n n t rclc thc rmrsine

pr:fossicl= m u l d play ir. all publ ic hoalth progra';II@s. Tho Govcrnmcnt m S ,

.l;:.c.rcfcro, doing its bcst tc prcns-tu =:rl dcvolop tho p ro fos s i zn in Eg;ypt, d soct isn

I1c.d b c ~ ! : zrzctod in IIilaistry of ;?ublic Hc. 1 LL., ~ n d the Maticnal Nursing Sccicty

.-T ,,,s cstnblishod, At p r c s ~ r - t thcrc wrcj c1svt:a schccls cf nursing c ~ d it m8 plannod

RC 5iL/bIin/s pago 13

t o opcn tkcoc morc. Tho d u r n t i o z of the c ~ u r s ~ was three yecrs a d ernduntcrs took

nnothor year i n p b l i c hcclth r ~ u r s i n g andmidwif~ry. Tho numbor of i:yrsos a s s t i i l ,

hmbver, insufficient t r : meet the n o d s sf t h o c ~ u n t r y and asaistcnt nursos had t o

bo do~r;.:ldod cn fcr tho t h e b o i q . marc umre 20 schacls offering a one-ycar

csuinsc nnd 20 mcrc Ymro being planned znc? would s t a r t i n Jcnucsy 1956.

.!To rogra-t tud that thc nureins p r s f ~ ~ s s i a n wr.s ~ : t ropreaonted in the E g y p t i a

.,-. I , , I ~ S EILL3CiRlJ (~crdcn) said tha t ill view ~ , f tilo 1ttto:icss sf thc hcur, she wulri

c:n,fh= ]lor rc3zrks tc th;. questicl~s f a r dkscuscisr, r.t tho c:zd sf tha ~vgrkine Fr-por,

Liko Iraq, the nmbor o f students cn te r i rq nursinr;, schocls in Jcrdzn ~ n s

i::sufi.iciont and' thc rr.thcr l c x s ~ c i a l ~ t n t u s zf n u r s i n , ~ in thc public v i e w vr.s Snc ~f

thz m.i:: ronscns. Cnii ~ l " t l ? u i:.cnsuos takcn t c ixprcvc thc si-tur.ti=n had bcon t h o

2r.~c?niZ?.*isn of n- l lursiq schr:?l c ~ r i ~ i t t ~ ~ G S ~ ~ C S C ~ o f bp~x. tan t .~rorncr : in the

c c m n i t y , rcprcscnting m n y Ercups, t c q o n a z r khe scho~ls cnd 3ct as public

rcldtion a ~ c n t s t c spread prcpz.zr+ndc i>:i fcvsur of the nursing profession. &zt

schclnc hnd p r o r r ~ d -wry he lp fu l ,

fccthora wcro t h i r k i n ~ sf ttli msrking c c ~ d i t i o n s -sf !wrsos as +Lho;r ware at t h o

be ir?crenzsd, 'In any w.se szlc.rics needed t c bo rc-ised,

An ncvm w r o k p o r t ' n t fcctcr ~ m s t h o satisfactisr? zf n j3b wcll danc. Many

g i r l s ~f.:uld bc xsre a p t t:: bcccmc nurses if thoy k~_c!w t h c t as ~raducu-ts :iursos thcy

csuld ds tho j s b , ~s they h-d ~ G G T I t c b u ~ h t ts do it. Thorcfcru, h imdic ta ii.nprcvoincr."c;

1 ~ 2 s nccdud in tho n u r s i n ~ snrviccs in t h o hcs~itcls cnd c l in ics i n thc ccuntry.

Thirdly, nuracs vd-rc: hm:1 b ~ i n ~ s an: naoilcil thc k ind of sccial lifc ~ t h o r

-rr.mor_ hhd nr, 83921 28 Y?c;J s t a r t o d 2 jcb. 1;orc attention shculd zlso be L ~ ~ . i 5 t2

l i v i m , cznditil:z?s kf riurfles.

Yhc stosnri q u ~ s t i o n fcr discussi?n CL~'ACGT& kho funct ion c f Yhc: divisisn c f

:lurein; 2nd hzd b u n vc;ry v ~ l l ru~srqcrud in tho orkin^ kin^ p p e r , 3hc w:ulcl l ikc tc

csmallt $n o m p c r t i c d n r f m c t i n n , $ h ~ oduccticncl funct isn zf ths chicf nursc a d

her .&rriai~n in,.l;ko L$inistrj. of aoc.lth. Sch.clarshi2s c..rid cut-cf-country trsinics plan

y ; a rC C X G C ~ ~ ~ C : ~ ~ h i l t C ~ B i n PF-LZY c<ur; t r ic:s ,Jordm O C I J ~ ~ n o t spar0 m q 1lwfibs to 50

- T ~ L I . : i ~ i ~ t r ; r cf !jiu:~lfk should, tr,amfr,ro, l o 3 d a r ~ h i p inf ic lp in , l : to

%ria:: u ? + ~ ' u ? ~ t ~ CECI k p r n ~ i : - t i c ?r~~c+,icc r.f t h u ,rcscnt g u s l i f i ~ d Imscs, TC that

c;z(: spcciA e4.;u.racs I L ~ boi;-1:. r;r,;cnizcd f c r zr tduatc nurscls t o brinz QLom up-I;c -tfatc

~ T L -nuv ttcchriquks, tc; hcl;? t~ hi:rnvc %:rcir basic p r n c t i c u , an3 ts hclg a o a t: c:;!,lc

t s a r i t he r - LZ 2 p r c i o s s i ~ ~ l Crsup.

Ant-Lhc r ~ r : q i;, whick t l x iiur e i r , ~ D i ~ i s i on r ; r i ~ . h t ho Lp w2. s by t?.kinj; l~ ador sll ip

i n glcsnl~in:: f ~ c l l thc nllrsts i n t hc ~ ~ ' i ~ ~ t r y . It XT.S f u l t thnt'tilc ~ ~ m s ~ s thonsclvos

c::ulL do xucl-1 +x raisc thc ::tntus ::C -&i: r;ursin?> ; ;rcfcssis~_. wcrking czi:furcnco

.,!n nul-sin2 had ihc;rcfcrc buu::. ;-,r. Ld .?:t -cihich nurscs roprosontins hospitals and hoalth

cintrua frr;r? z l I svbr thc c7untry hnci cznc: t c ~ c t h c r r.nd discussed t h o i r probloins ?&nd

r : t o ?kt; 7 . r r u l ~ b!: I ' z l l ~ v ~ c d by I: full-day w:rlcin:: cccdcroncc: ~I.,crc

1 .> r. -, i 7- 7 . - . , : I b c t i I - L ;::::.B t h x t m e t ; i ~ ~ s sf t h a t scrt prcvidod

~ , x c u l l c ~ t tr-iniri;: i n !.o?.dcr;l:i;: -7t:r rturec 9 . Out c f iha t c c-nforuncc hnd CGEC

r2ofiniCr: plp:!j: f c r thc ur.,:,:: izr.-i.i>rt .;f r: 2j:inti~unl iJurscs1 I ~ s s ~ c i ~ t i c n f;r Jordar,.

Prcfcse,r.r TGZLL:;ER ( ~ i b ~ ~ c ? ) srric - 1 h ~ s i tu~. t i ; : i -;ci'th regard tc nursii~: in Libya

w:s q u i t c di!?31rcL-l; frsn -';;1:- j.':i~~l~,r:.i;l:- s i . 'm~. t in : : r cbc r t ed by othc r reprcse~tatives.

Tc;fcrrir,z -kc thc $>:,c;sticns sn 'c;hs. 1 ~ - s t _.:.p:~ 2f dzcmcnt ~ ( ! ~ f i , , : / l 0 , he saic!

that er: insuff icicnt cnroll;.!l;r~t u.? x._urnin; s ;uiosts ~:cu duo '13 tho fr.ct 'chct ustil

roco;>-,tly ~ r ; psss ib i l it j o s f ::y ;btt,i~:i;~: b c a i ; sc;,si;l c d u c c t i c r -itc ro i:lsul"liciont.

iil.thsush t h p . t aituntisn : v c ~ l d 56 . ~ h t i ? s ~ r ! in %h<,r; 1~c;:lr z ~ k u r , , it l ~ u l d bc: S ~ V G Y ~ ~ years

bzf'jrc nu7s.c s -t:ith c l;urs i;~; schc.31 diL~lo:;la b c ; c n ~ ~ t : -vci l3bh.

111 t hc casc of foxr,lrj nurses, n k t h s r rmscn mas tho custoas of t h o

c u t T ~ G ysun:; ~ i r l live:', i ~ i thc; f z r . i l ; r n n d it:%-?..s unusual, cspocir-l ly in tho

uppm clr,ss f m i l i e s , i'?r F. :,irl to lcnrn c pr:"fcsait.:~. a ther sus tcas r ~ d o it

d i f f i c u l t f o r 2. zirl t c aurk i~ s h:s,itcl.

h.r-k.:,:,~r ? r ~ b l z n th2.t f~x~lalc studci~+,s N-:uld be u l l l i ~ c l y t; st?? lscy

i:~ t hc ;>.ursii~~ prcfcss i s r : s i x c -S!lcrv vxri: x z r c n ~ n 'ch-n w:-r-acn in Lib;rn cc.d. ~ ~ r r i z ~ o

T r ..r,.> 7 - -bk,b lzsual cnrc,zr G : ~ a. . . irl .

Spc.:kir?; :? tho ways ii-A i-chic11 tn:, s i t u a t i z r i x i r -h t b~ hprcved , hc said thn-k. thr,

~ u i i 3 c r :? studccts f iniahi.r-,,_ ri ?.ry schrjol i r c r c n s o d sach pcag ac3 m i t h zccd

pr3pn:;~ndn i - k i c i i~ht bc pcsc ibl., - to chnn7;o the; unf-vcur~blc cpila'ion zbsut ~mrkiny: a a

'.u 'rlWSt3.

~~Sh/E,,@in/5 p a p 15

9 u r i q y 1956 cr nursin!: s c h ~ o l m u l d be cpemd. in Tripoli nnci anothcr .in Be-zi

w i t h the l!olp cf WEO, WJICEF 2nd o t h c r acc;lci~'s, P l n m i n z f o r thoso ~ch0318 had t o

kQc;;l acccunt sf tho spoc ic l cifcma-tLmcos in Libya. mc trcining of nurscs was onl:

rf khc: zest ki>~r t :n t p r c j c c t s in t h~ : ficli: 3f health in L i B p cnd hcd b ~ ~ n prcpr;scu

a a t b c s u b j u c t c f L i b p t s h n l t h proyrwmc.

At t h o r c q u e s t c f t ; ~ c W r i r n r~prosontntivc, t h o Chainnan ZaVG tho rlosr t c

:;,.iss Zaza :f the: Bursin3 S o c t i o n sf t:ka Syrian , : in i s t ry ~f Health,

;Ass Z;,Z~L t h a t i n view ~f tho latoness ~ f ' thc hsur, she wculc! be brief .

511~ i:nkircly a$ raod with thc vicas i;x,;russ~d by th:) ao i ; i s~a l llursinz Adviser 2nd

k:ishcd i ; n r t i c u l a r l y .t;c s t r o s s thc noccssit;r fir t h s inclusisr in t h ~ mticml b u d z ~ t

r d v i s i c n r'cr th l : crcr.ti::n ~ 3 d ~ h i r ~ i ~ t r ~ t i ~ n ci ' ~ i w s i n ? s c h ~ o l ~ Tho n u r s i a j

sclissls ,c;hculcl h v c -* toachinp staff :,s hichly qual i f ied as that of my ~ t h c r

Y - I U c z t i z ~ ~ l c stnbl isbwcnt. In dr?-vriq u~ ;;Inns f3r h o s p i t a l s , health ccntros and

5-bhcr h x l t h i i i s t i tu t icns , it was cf p r i r ~ ~ c importnncc. tc wranzo fcr the nccossny

:( ~ r s ill3 ze rs z ~ r ~ c l . The; cuthsritic s ccnccrncd shculd, in ccllzbcrctitn with tho

iTurs iry Scc t i cn , dccidc =n th rsquircd nursin: ~ u r s:~zno 1, thc ir t r a i n i r ~ and thc ir

i ! 2 ~ l : p i ; n t r i , " la t i~~is .

Dr. ; L S X F (~zudi drabia) said thnt nursinz was csnsidercd an b g c r t a n t sub j o c t

i;z h i s csurltry in crdor tc faco the yr.r.%%h c f thc health ccntras. In lioccz. thorc

is ~ x - l c nurzine schc:l which has boon wcrkine s i i l cy a b m t 1936, and i - k is hzpcrl

:,hat bofz rc . t h o ond sf 1955, th~ro-will bo 11 nursin~ schools distributed in a l l

d i ~ t r i c t s c f t h o country rcady t c rcceivc frcm 100 tc 120 studsnts. Thoro is szmc:

d i f f i c u l t y in thc f a o t that it is es sen t i a l ts h z v ~ malo nurscs in Saudi rlrabin cad

his Govornmcnt hspcd thzt noighbcurins Statos wsuld help in londin; s c c nurscs and

,2idwiv~s fsr hi^ czuntry, which is clready rccoivinc such he lp , milzly frcn E c y ~ t

3rd Syric, He hspcd thnt the re,-i;ntl cfficc 7,isulrl zivc tcchli ical advice ca

r s g n r d s thc curriculw;! zf thcsc schssls vcry seen.

Finally, Dr. Jc;sccf slicl thxt t h o raprusont::tivo frcni Libya s t n t o d khL-h thr: aixL

,f cvcry L i b ~ p n ~ i r l is t= marry. Ha woulc l ikc ts c z r r c c t that by addin? thzt

t h i s skculd bo tkic aim of cvcry zirl anylvhore.

Dr. mS (~akist~n) s-id nursin,? had bc,n ~; ivcn ::nG sf thc h i ~ h ~ s t priar3;tius

in t h e naticnal honlth p r c ; rmo : f h i s csuntry. He ans rylad tl; r o p o r t t3x.t nursinz

had reach02 3 s ~ t i s f a c t c r y stnndcrd in t h o lest fow years thanks to the a s s i s a c e 3f

%%I -ad ITXICEF. i"vW ha3 prclvidod thf: scrvicss sf P. Lursini; Ldvissr who was attcohod

t~ tho Ccntrsl L n i s t r y of iF-lr;k and a o c r k i n nw.lber sf nurse-tutsrs. UiJICEF had

2urnisha cl e quip: iur~t a112 su-~p l i c s f cr thc nurs in:, tr~.il~iii,- prs::rmm. Pnk i s t cn tvas

rc,s t j r z t c fu l t= bs th 0r~a : : i z~~ 'c i : as fc r thc ir ass is Lance.

:,::st cf thc: m ~ j o r h-s;3itd s uildbrts:k tho tro,inir{< cf nursos 2nd thc ITnticnc.1

ihrs in:: Council c f Pnl:isk,zn c.:ntrsllad t i ic ; nurain? p r ~ f i s s i s n =nJ nursin: c j d u c c t i ~ n .

Tkb cstrLblishrzunt *f a p s t - y r a J u % t c n~rs i i i , : c c l l c e o wZs also undor h~.y.

The G&LIZ;IIJa said t hc discussion had c l e s r l ~ s h x n thc inpcr tnncc thc Uastcrn

- Z i t c r r ? ~ l o n n ;:a-i :r~ at tachud +,-. ~ u r s i n ; and h ~ d cnnblcG thsac ~rtsoct t s h ~ z r u c h

i ~ t ~ r u s k i n l ; i n fc r r .n t i cn .;n t k ~ ?rsblcr>s nr?d elms in thz d i f f u r b n t ccuntrics.

Eo prcpzscd that a drnr t r d s ~ l u t i c n sh;uld bo drmm up fcr ccns i h r a t i c n by thc

% , ;;ZSOLUTIO 1 . 3 O F E&' SIG~!TE mOiZi3 %IJ,Fl i:SSCh:.:BLY O F ;ZGIOiI;;IT, IBTEXZST ( ru smlc d) Itc;;! 10 sf t h o k.~onch - - - - - - Xx;?,=si;ll sf publ ic In fc r r ln t i zn Act iv i t ies in Zastorn i!cditorrmcan Ti i~ ; ion I -" ' -- '-*-II---. .. -. . - . A. - - " - - V .. --- r--. -- --7 --- ------C-CI

~ h b c:;;+L;<Z~~ rcca tc Z;hd Sub-Cclmit-too tho f cllsrvinc drcft rcsclutisn prcgzscd

Hc.vin- i1;t;cd tho roso lu t i s l l sf tho EipAtll Ti'v'orld IIor.lth Ass~ljlbly csnccrning thc ~;;gc!:si>r, ~f public ids r r .~c t i sn nc tivitios, zncl s tudio6 the d:cui;loiat s~17r:~itkccl 23;: t h o 11.o.-,i,:???.l D i r o c t x ;

c;?is.sidurin,: thc ~ o c d t r ;~lzkc: :;:O a h s 2nd wsrk buttor knrr;in;

1. liOTdS with sr-.-tisfflcti;n thr: o x p n n s i ~ n and thc: ~ 5 r k .3f th i s SecLi~n at E ~ c c ~ ~ ( ~ I I ? T ~ ~ ~ s C S I ~ at thc : ILc;i2:lnl Of f i cc ;

2. CALLS TiPO? .Tcvorr:ic;~ts ~f Stz-LOS ibornbcrs t:: cncm;urc.go tho crznnizntisn .:f n ~ ~ t i c n a l c~::.~.nittccs tz ~ r c z ~ c - k ~ . ini;brzst 2nd knzv?lcdp;o sf t h o TfcrLcl Hc?-lth Cr-z~~izc. 'cisi ; , , in tkc ccur:tric s r;f tlli r c ~ i s n and t-. onsurc the d i s scr;iimti:;l :-,f iz.P-1-r;latirn ia a C : - Y ~ ~ ~ E U ~ , U G :lznnCr by n t r c ~ t h o n i n . 2 rclaticns cxistin~ bo-t$;~:cc t!~c v y - r i . x s dc;:nrk-.lcnts cznccrncd and tho public;

(i) by pr~duc-t;i:il ;,f b a s i c i n f c m c t i c n ~ x t t c r i n l i n a widar vnric* c f laiiguz-:ca;

(ii) by oxtondcd i;rsductisn ~1' o x h i b i t criG a t h c r visual m t c r i a l oasi ly ailaptablu . t:; rc gisnc.1 end ~lcl,ti:nnl Y ~ L ~ ~ S ;

(iii) by assistnnco t c r c+ tml and lccal initiative in the translation and pr in t i n5 cS tkc: xsnthly k~H0 ITctvslettcr in nsn-cff ic inl las*ma;:e s ."

Dr. D I U ( ~ r n n ) su~rr,cj.s tc2 subs-t i tut icn cf Hcncsurzgc thc crgnnizntion z f n f c r

"crganizo" in t h c f i r s t lino ci' pascsrcph 2 .

Dr. -ELYEK (~obancn) s a i d t h a t r:l-Lhcu<;h he c ~ n s i d c r c d t h u mc;ndncnt mnkoncd

thc r c sclutisn, hc m~uld c - c c a ~ t it.

Dccis icn : The S u b - C c ~ ~ ; i t t c ~ unnnincusly adoptod tho rcscluti3n as m~cndcd. -- Thc mcctiny r z s c nt 6.56 p a .

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UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES

W O R L D H E A L T H ORGANIZATION

REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE

ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE

BUREAU REGIONAL DE LA EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

REGIONAL GOWAITTEE FOR TIE EASTERN M3DITERRAMEAB

F i f t h Session ----- -- --

R C S A / ~ ~ M ~ / S . Corr .l 12 December 1955

ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

XINUTES OF TEZ FIFTH 1,iEETING

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Ur. AldOUZEGAR (1ran) s a i d his Gwernment was f i l l y amre of t h e

increasing importance of nursing i n the publ i c hea l th se rv ice and t he

establishment of a nursing divis ion in the Idinistry of Health is now

pending approval.

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-,,.. -,, post-.r;ra?usts cou-scs on various phases of nursing, inoludfng nurs*

education and public health;