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STRATEGI C PLANNI NG AND ACTI ONS I N HEALTH: NURSI NG’S CONTRI BUTI ONS TO
THE STRENGTHENI NG OF GLOBAL HEALTH
I sabel Am élia Cost a Mendes1
St r at eg ic p lan n in g r ep r esen t s a f u n d am en t al t ool f or ou t lin in g , p u t t in g in p r act ice, con t r ollin g an d
assessin g act ion s so as t o r esu lt in p osit iv e ch an g es. I n t h is sen se, d u r in g t h e m ost r ecen t Wor ld Healt h
Assem bly h eld in May 2 0 0 9 , t h e Wor ld Healt h Or gan izat ion appr ov ed it s st rat egic plan n in g for t h e n ex t fiv e
y ear s. Wit h t he gener al goal of “ im pr ov ing healt h ser v ices t hr ough bet t er gov er nance, financing, st affing and
m anagem ent infor m ed by r eliable and accessible ev idence and r esear ch( 1)”, WHO calls upon it s Mem ber St at es
t o put in pr act ice st r at egic act ions w it h a view t o t he achievem ent of a set of expect ed r esult s:
“ - Dissem in at ion of k n ow ledge an d ev iden ce f or h ealt h decision - m ak in g assu r ed t h r ou gh con solidat ion an d
p u b licat ion of ex ist in g an d accessib le ev id en ce, f acilit at ion of k n ow led g e g en er at ion in p r ior it y ar eas, an d
st r engt hening of leader ships act iv e in healt h r esear ch policy and coor dinat ion, including w it h r egar d t o et hical
con d u ct ;
- k now ledge m anagem ent and eHealt h policies and st r at egies dev eloped and im plem ent ed in
or der t o st r engt hen healt h sy st em s;
- healt h w or k for ce infor m at ion and k now ledge base st r engt hened;
- t echnical suppor t pr ovided t o Mem ber St at es, w it h a focus on t hose facing sever e healt h- w or kfor ce difficult ies
in or der t o im pr ov e t he pr oduct ion, dist r ibut ion, sk ill m ix and r et ent ion of t he healt h w or k for ce;
- nor m s, st andar ds and m easur em ent t ools dev eloped t o suppor t Mem ber St at es t o quant ify and m ax im ize t he
secur it y lev el in all st ages of healt h car e”( 1).
Mem ber St at es ar e ex pect ed t o in cor por at e t h ese st r at egies in t h eir n at ion al w or k plan s, w h ich w ill
in f lu en ce p r act ice an d , h en ce, h ealt h r esear ch . On t h e ot h er h an d , n u r sin g p r of ession als’ alr ead y ex ist in g
concer n w it h m any of t he t hem es WHO appoint s is also obser ved, for exam ple t he aut hor s of differ ent st udies
car r ied ou t an d pu blish ed by t h e Lat in Am er ican Jou r n al of Nu r sin g, w h ich dem on st r at es t h e pr o- act iv e an d
innov at iv e v ision of pr ofessionals in t his ar ea.
We in v it e all r ead er s t o con t in u e assu m in g n u r sin g ’s r esp on sib ilit y in t h e ad v an cem en t of h ealt h ,
cont r ibut ing t o t he achiev em ent of t he r esult s highlight ed by WHO.
REFERENCE
1 . Wor ld Healt h y Or g an izat ion , WHO. Med iu m - t er m st r at eg ic p lan 2 0 0 8 - 2 0 1 3 am en d ed [ I n t er n et ] . Gen ev a: WHO; 2 0 0 9 .
[ Acesso em 2 0 m aio 2 0 0 9 ] . Disponív el em ht t p: / / apps. w ho. int / gb/ e/ e_ am t sp3 . ht m l.
1Co- edit or Lat in Am er ican Jour nal of Nur sing, Full Pr ofessor of t he Univer sit y of São Paulo at Ribeir ão Pr et o College of Nur sing, WHO Collabor at ing Cent r e for
