Global Health Issues: A Focus on the Role of Nurses.

The Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health states that an additional 2.6 to 3.5 million healthcare workers would contribute significantly to the lowest-income countries reaching the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. The requirements to achieve this universal health coverage in a wider range of countries would be higher.

The progress report on the  global action taken demonstrates some advances, as well as challenges requiring increased attention, in the priority countries most affected by health workforce challenges.The second Global Forum on Human Resources for Health (HRH) reviewed progress and renewed the commitment to strengthening the health of the global populations. The global supply and distribution of the nursing workforce is essential towards acquiring this goal.