Dr
Frances Hughes, Chief Executive Officer of the
International Council of Nurses (ICN)
,
represented nursing
at the
Stakeholder Forum
-
First
WHO Global Meeting of National NCD Programme Managers and Directors
organised by
the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on non
-
communicable diseases (NCDs)
on
16
-
17
February 2016.
At the meeting, Dr Hughes presented examples of primary health care (PHC) models from
different regions in which nurses play a significant role
in
effective prevention and management
of NCDs. Examples presented included advanced practice nurses leading nurse
-
led models of
care; the use of eHealth to deliver NCD care; nurse
-
run community
health assessments
to
detect cardiovascular
disease
; and frontline nurses integrating mental health care into PHC. Read the full version of the Press release here
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