The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is joining its colleagues at the International Council of Nurses (ICN) and Ethiopian Nurses Association (ENA) in calling for urgent measures to address the collapse of the health care system in Tigray, Ethiopia after 18 months of war in the region. ICN is a federation of more than 130 National Nurses Associations and has worked with the ENA to spotlight the deteriorating situation for nurses and health care workers in Tigray. They are reporting ongoing communication, pay and health services are blocked by the government despite a humanitarian truce. As Australia’s leading representative of ICN (in collaboration with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation), ACN Acting CEO Yvonne Mckinlay FACN echoed their concerns about the conditions of nurses and health care professionals in the region. “Alongside our international nursing and health care colleagues, ACN supports calls for a humanitarian truce to be enforced and food, medical supplies and pay to be re-established in the region.

Source: Ethiopian News June 06, 2022 05:49 UTC