New Delhi, April 9 -- There are just under 28 million nurses worldwide on the frontline battlingCovid-19 to save patients infected with the deadly virus which has taken over 1 million people in its grip. The world needs millions more nurses given the scale of the pandemic.
According to a global report, prepared by the World Health Organisation and released recently there is a global shortfall of 5.9 million nurses, with the greatest gaps in developing nations.
Between 2013 and 2018, nursing numbers increased by 4.7 million. Ironically, one in every eight nurses practices in a country other than the one where they were born or trained. Ageing also threatens the nursing workforce: one out of six of the world's nurses are expected to retire ...