India, May 12 -- A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that while the global stock of nurses is projected to rise to 36 million by 2030, the growth will be unevenly distributed, exacerbating existing inequities and deepening the global nursing shortage.

According to the report, Africa is expected to see only a 7% increase in its nursing workforce between 2023 and 2030. By that year, nearly 70% of the global nursing shortage will be concentrated in the African and Eastern Mediterranean regions - an increase from 2020, when these two regions accounted for 58 per cent of the global shortfall.

The report, State of the World's Nursing 2025, was released by the WHO, International Council of Nurses (ICN), and partners o...