2023 as well as the implementation of a professional mentorship programme.
Mr Agyeman-Manu said the future of the nurse’s profession must be linked to the culture of research and evidence-based practice in health facilities to provide the impetus for knowledge and midwifery excellence.
He assured that the government would continue to provide the policy framework and urged the leadership of the nursing and midwifery fraternity to work together in the spirit of mutual respect.
Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director General of the Ghana Health Service, in a speech read on his behalf by Mrs Eva Mensah, the Director of Nursing and Midwifery Service, spoke on the challenges that confronted the Association in the wake of the pandemic.
He urged the GRNMA to set standards to maintain excellence and commitment to duty and play the critical role of identifying potential leaders to develop a critical mass of empowered nurses for the profession.
Mrs Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, the President of GRNMA, called on the Government to restrategise and increase training by stopping the ancillary programmes for nurses and midwives to end the exodus of nurses leaving the country.
She said that was necessary as a tracking system put in place indicated that, close to nine thousand nurses and midwives between January and early May had sought clearance with the Secretariat to enable them to leave the country for greener pastures
The launch is expected to be done across the country as part of the year-long celebration and would be climaxed with an awards ceremony on December 15, 2023.
