Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Her Royal Highness Princess Muna Al-Hussein, the WHO patron for nursing and midwifery in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, called for leading nursing experts to support nursing and midwifery research in non-communicable diseases and initiate innovative projects to address the risk factors. In her address at the 9th International Conference of the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centers for Nursing and Midwifery Development, HRH focused on the central role of these centers in emphasizing non-communicable diseases in the nursing and midwifery curricula and ensuring faculty preparedness, and in developing and disseminating information and tools to enhance the role of nurse and midwife in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of non-communicable diseases.

"Disasters can happen anywhere and at any time. Today the great challenge that countries face is building an effective disaster preparedness system that prevents disasters and reduces the negative impact of such events" HRH said, adding that the experience in Kobe provides a model that may be replicated.

She emphasized the Integration and the contribution of nursing and midwifery in the health strategies for disaster preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery as a fundamental and vital to provide timely care to the victims, especially the more vulnerable members of the community, such as the elderly, women, children, the disabled and the poor.

Her Royal Highness Princess Muna Al-Hussein also met with the Governor and the vice governor of Hyogo Prefecture. In addition, she met with the director of the WHO center for health development in Kobe and was briefed on all activities and mandates of the center which are mainly focus on applied research on disaster preparedness, nutrition, urban heath, equity, aging and non-communicable diseases.

Princess Muna Al-Hussein also paid a courtesy visit to the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution in Kobe.

In addition, Her Royal Highness discussed opportunities of collaboration between nursing community in both countries, Jordan and Japan, with regard to best practices in service, education and research.

HRH was accompanied by Dr. Rowaida Al Maaitah the consultant of HRH for health and community development and Da’ad Shokeh the secretary general of the Jordanian Nursing Council.



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