Report on Mini Symposium “Nursing and Universal Health Coverage - Development of Human resource for nursing to ensure the all people obtain the health services-”
10.11197/jaih.30.251
- VernacularTitle:第29回日本国際保健医療学会学術大会合同大会ミニシンポジウム「看護とUHC─すべての人に保健サービスを届けるための看護人材開発─」報告
- Author:
Mayumi Hashimoto
;
Kumiko Igarashi
;
Junko Tashiro
;
Chiyoko Hashimoto
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Human Resource Development for Nursing;
Universal Health Coverage;
Southeast Asia;
Enhancement of Nursing Clinical Competency
- From:Journal of International Health
2015;30(3):251-264
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Improvements in the performance of health personnel are being sought in an effort to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). Emphasis has thus been placed on the development of health personnel as part of a national UHC strategy throughout the world. In light of this, we planned the present symposium as a means of reviewing the current nursing trends in Southeast Asia and to investigate the issues facing the practical development of nursing personnel, as well as the future directions of nursing support, with a deliberate focus on UHC.
At the symposium, changes in health issues in Japan, the contributions of nursing professionals in achieving UHC, and the educational programs required by Japanese nursing personnel for international cooperation were first presented. Next, the status of health personnel in Southeast Asia was reviewed. In particular, the status of the regulatory frameworks regarding nursing personnel and the measures for enhancing the practical ability of nurses through legal means were introduced separately for Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Subsequently, as case examples of emerging countries in Southeast Asia, the nursing policies of Thailand and Indonesia were reviewed, measures for improving the practical ability of nurses through legal means in Indonesia were introduced, and support for enhancing networks within autonomous regions was proposed.
International cooperation in the field of nursing requires strategic and comprehensive support for the development of nursing personnel in healthcare systems variable to economic growth and the means by which to achieve this are diversifying. Indeed, the symposium indicated the importance of responding to the diversity of support by enhancing networks of Japanese individuals involved in international cooperation and providing support for the enhancement of independent networks in Southeast Asia.
