Source: UN News: Thursday, 15 May 2025 00:01 am
The number of nurses in health care services around the world has recorded a rise of nearly 19 lakhs in the last five years, but their services are not equally available in various countries and regions and the discrepancy is intact. This conclusion has been shared in a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partner organizations. Other organizations including UN Health Agency, International Nurse Council on Monday, State of the World’s Nursing 2025 Report Published, according to which, their number has increased from 2.79 crores to 2.98 crores in 2023 in the year 2018. Due to the availability and inequalities prevailing in the services of Magar nurses, there is no necessary health services to the population settled in many parts of the world, which affects global health safety. Tweet url
This new report has been released on the Avas of ‘International Nurse Day’, which is based on the information received from 194 member countries. The study shows that there was a shortage of 62 lakh nurses in the year 2020, which has improved and in 2023 the gap has come down to 58 lakhs. It is estimated to be 41 lakhs by 2030. Chintamagar on Visangati, in this progress, there is also a hidden discrepancy in various fields. Around 78 percent of the nurses worldwide are in countries whose population is only 49 percent of the world population. It is very challenging to teach and maintain nurses in Nimn-and Middle Aay countries. For this, domestic investment is important in the health system. Because of this, increasing dependence on trained nurses abroad will have to be reviewed.World health organization Director General of Dr. Tadras Adhinom Ghebreyses congratulated the countries for encouraging progress in this report. Most of the nurses in the region are women, about 85 percent of the global workforce is born in one of the seven nurses worldwide, which shows dependence on international migration. This figure is 23 percent in high-age countries, while in lower-oriented countries it is only 8 percent.
The number of nurses completing studies is increasing in lower-oriented countries as compared to high-or-high countries.
Despite the progress in the graduate rate of nurses in some countries, the number of nurses has not reached enough level due to increasing population and low employment opportunities.
Nurse workforce is relatively young worldwide. The age of 33 percent of the nurses is under 35 years, while the number of nurses retiring in the next 10 years is 19 percent.
In 62 percent countries, nurses have a presence for state -of -the -art care roles, which indicates a solid growth compared to 2020
Welfare of mental health and care personnel is a matter of concern. Mental health support is available for nurses only in 42 percent countries.
