[Todos] Fwd: PAHO/WHO highlights need to train more nursing personnel / La OPS/OMS destaca la necesidad de formar más personal de enfermería en América Latina y el Caribe

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*PAHO/WHO highlights need to train more nursing personnel
<http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10947%3Apahowho-highlights-need-train-more-nursing-personnel&catid=740%3Anews-press-releases&Itemid=1926&lang=en>*

*Shortages, unequal distribution and outmigration of nurses are all
obstacles to achieving universal health access and coverage for all*

Nursing in the Americas - Quick Facts
<http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?id=10948&option=com_content&Itemid=1926&lang=en>

On International Nurses Day, May 12, the Pan American Health
Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is calling for more
nurses to be trained to provide skilled care while also urging steps to
address inequities in their distribution and the problem of outmigration.

Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean currently face shortages
of nursing personnel, presenting an obstacle to achieving the goal of
universal health access and coverage for all people in the Americas, said
experts at PAHO/WHO.

"Nurses are an important human resource for health," said Silvia Cassiani,
PAHO/WHO's regional advisor on nursing and health technicians, noting that
nursing personnel make up 60% of the health workforce and cover 80% of
healthcare needs. "We have to do much more to train more professionals, to
make sure they are distributed equitably according to the needs of the
population, and to retain them in their workplaces."

According to WHO, approximately 23 doctors, nurses and midwives are needed
for every 10,000 inhabitants to provide essential health services. In the
Americas, some 70% of countries have the number of personnel they need, or
even more, but they face challenges in their distribution and training.

One-fourth of the world's registered nurses are in the Americas, yet about
57% of these (nearly 3 million) are in North America. Proportionally, there
are 110.7 nurses per 10,000 inhabitants in North America but only 13.8 per
10,000 on average in Central and South America and the Caribbean.

Outmigration has a major impact on nursing human resources. The number of
nurses from the English-speaking Caribbean who are working abroad is
estimated to be three times the number of those working in the countries
where they were trained. Approximately 42% of nursing positions in the
English-speaking Caribbean are vacant due to outmigration.

Establishing mechanisms to improve workforce retention and working
conditions in public health services are among the measures that can reduce
outmigration of health workers.

Other causes of nursing shortages include lack of access to quality
education, excessive school dropout rates, poor curriculum content and
teaching methods, lack of continuing education among professors, and poor
political and administrative infrastructure in schools.

PAHO/WHO is working with countries throughout the region to promote nursing
education and to strengthen capacity for producing, evaluating and using
scientific evidence in nursing, while also evaluating the situation of
nursing human resources to promote adequate policies and plans and
facilitate communication and dissemination of scientific information.

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*La OPS/OMS destaca la necesidad de formar más personal de enfermería en
América Latina y el Caribe
<http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10947%3Apahowho-highlights-need-train-more-nursing-personnel&catid=740%3Anews-press-releases&Itemid=1926&lang=es>*

*Su escasez, distribución geográfica desigual y migración suponen
obstáculos para asegurar el acceso y la cobertura de salud para todos*

Enfermería en las Américas - Datos
<http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?id=10948&lang=es&option=com_content&Itemid=1926>

Washington, DC, 12 de mayo de 2015 (OPS/OMS).- En el marco del Día
Internacional de la Enfermería, que tiene lugar el 12 de mayo, la
Organización Panamericana de la Salud/ Organización Mundial de la Salud
(OPS/OMS) llamó a formar más enfermeras en América Latina y el Caribe para
prestar una asistencia cualificada, y a abordar las inequidades en su
distribución y su migración.

Muchos países de América Latina y el Caribe enfrentan un déficit de
personal de enfermería, lo que supone un obstáculo para que todas las
personas de la región tengan acceso y cobertura universal de salud,
advirtieron expertos de la OPS/OMS.

"Las enfermeras son un recurso humano importante para la salud", consideró
Silvia Cassiani, asesora regional de Enfermería y Técnicos en Salud de la
OPS/OMS, y destacó que el personal de enfermería conforma más del 60% de la
fuerza de trabajo en salud y cubre el 80% de las necesidades de atención.
"Debemos hacer más esfuerzos para formar a más profesionales, distribuirlos
equitativamente según las necesidades de la población y para retenerlos en
sus puestos de trabajo", señaló.

Según la OMS, se necesitan alrededor de 23 médicos, enfermeras y parteras
cada 10.000 habitantes para brindar servicios esenciales de salud a la
población. En las Américas, alrededor del 70% de los países cuentan con los
profesionales necesarios, y en algunos casos los superan, pero enfrentan
desafíos en su distribución y formación.

Una de cada cuatro enfermeras registradas del mundo está en la región de
las Américas, sin embargo, alrededor del 57% de ellas (casi 3 millones) se
encuentran en América del Norte. Así, mientras en el norte del continente
hay 110,7 enfermeras por cada 10.000 habitantes, en el centro, sur y en el
Caribe hay 13,8 en promedio.

La migración del personal también repercute en la falta de enfermeras. Se
estima que en el Caribe de habla inglesa el número de enfermeras que
trabajan en el exterior supera tres veces el de aquellas que trabajan en
los países donde se formaron. En esta subregión en su conjunto, alrededor
del 42% de los puestos de enfermeras están vacantes por causa de la
emigración.

La adopción de mecanismos que propicien la retención de la fuerza de
trabajo y la mejora de las condiciones laborales en el sistema público son
factores que pueden disminuir los desplazamientos de los trabajadores de
salud.

Otras causas de la escasez de este recurso humano son el poco acceso a
educación de calidad, el abandono escolar prematuro, la organización
inadecuada de los planes de estudio, los contenidos y la metodología, y la
poca formación continua de los profesores; así como la deficiente
infraestructura política y administrativa en las escuelas.

La OPS/OMS trabaja con los países de la región para promover la educación
en enfermería y fortalecer sus capacidades para producir, evaluar y
utilizar evidencia científica en enfermería. También, evalúa la situación
de los recursos humanos en enfermería para promover políticas y planes, y
facilita la comunicación y la diseminación de información científica.

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