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The Democratic Organization for Health called for making investment in nursing human capital a key strategic choice to ensure health security and achieve social and spatial justice, stressing that reforming the health system cannot succeed without strengthening the position of nursing professions and health technicians.
In a statement, the organization emphasized the need to involve nursing staff in decision-making within health institutions and territorial health groups, considering that the absence of field competencies from public policies limits the effectiveness of the ongoing reforms in the sector.
It also demanded the consecration of the principles of governance and linking responsibility with accountability in managing health human resources, with the adoption of competency and merit criteria in assigning positions of responsibility, and reducing manifestations of favoritism and clientelism within the sector.
On the social and professional side, the organization called for improving wages and compensation, especially those related to occupational hazards, and reviewing the working hours system to ensure professional and psychological balance, as well as providing a safe working environment and establishing legal protection and comprehensive professional insurance for health staff.
At the training level, the organization demanded a comprehensive reform of curricula within higher institutes of nursing professions and health techniques, with the integration of digitization, artificial intelligence, and telemedicine techniques, in addition to making continuous training a basic right for professionals.
It also stressed the need to expedite the establishment of a doctoral program in nursing sciences, with the aim of developing scientific research and strengthening the position of national competencies in this field, as well as approving a special specialization allowance for graduates of the National School of Public Health.
Regarding digital transformation, the organization called for accelerating the digitization of health and administrative services, which contributes to improving quality, transparency, and simplifying procedures, with the involvement of nursing staff in digitization projects and health and pharmaceutical control.
It also emphasized the importance of strengthening health readiness to face crises, disasters, and epidemics, through the preparation of proactive programs to qualify nursing staff and provide means of protection and legal support during emergency interventions.
The organization concluded its statement by emphasizing that any real health reform remains dependent on the fairness and motivation of health human resources, which constitute "the heart and soul of the system."
