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Establishing a Vital Wellness Centre for Health Care Workers in Ethiopia

In February 2012, Sheila Dickson, President of INMO, outlined the establishment of a wellness centre in Ethiopia aimed at supporting health care workers and their families. This initiative, formed through partnerships with nursing associations, funders, and the Department of Health, aims to combat high attrition rates and workplace stress. The centre will provide essential services like HIV and TB testing, health education, and counseling. Similar centres have successfully operated in Swaziland, Malawi, and Zambia, showing positive impacts on health worker well-being.

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Establishing a Vital Wellness Centre for Health Care Workers in Ethiopia

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  1. Establishing a Wellness Centre Sheila Dickson INMO President February 2012

  2. Where? – Ethiopia • For Whom? – Health Care Workers & Families • How? – Partnership • With Whom? – Nursing Association, Funders and Department of Health

  3. Reasons • Improve Health of Staff • Unsafe Workplace • Stress, Burnout, High Attrition Rates and Migration

  4. Services Provided • HIV and TB Testing / Treatments • Education in Prevention • Training • Occupation Health & Safety • Stress Management • Counselling

  5. Wellness Centres Established • Swaziland • Malawi • Zambia • Lesotho • Uganda

  6. Positive Results in Swaziland • 6,225 Health Care Workers treated • 77% of total workforce • Outreach programme • Migration • 65% uptake / monthly • Now Government Policy

  7. Health Statistics Ethiopia • 54,000 Health Workers to serve 85 Million People • 1 Physician for 37,996 • 1 Nurse for 4725 (MOH 2008) • Major Public Health Problems – TB, Malaria and HIV/AIDS • Accessing Services Difficult • Pay for Diagnostic Procedures / Treatment – Unaffordable.

  8. Nurse from Lesotho - “The wellness centre has been a real refuge for me. It means I don’t have to queue in overcrowded waiting rooms with my own patients”

  9. Current Status of Ethiopia Wellness Centre • Site Donated by Ministry of Health Ethiopia • Alert Hospital, Addis Ababa • Funders INMO / PEPFAR / BD • Renovations in process • Mou Signed by ENA/ICN/INMO

  10. INMO • Largest Nursing & Midwives Organisation • Membership – 42,000 • Professional & Trade Union • Linked to 120 Countries (ICN) • Objective to share experience and support with nursing associations

  11. Thank You

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