The International Nurses Week 2020 celebration under the big umbrella of the designated year 2020 as the year of Nurses and Midwives by the WHO, marked May 6th - 12th every year is yet another landmark in the profession celebrated in unity in all parts of the world. Happy Nurses Week dearest esteemed colleagues! Celebrate a nurse today and everyday. Celebrate service to humanity. Celebrate the frontliners. Dear Nurses, let's celebrate one another too, by checking up, gifting somebody, sending sweet words. Above all, let's celebrate ourselves and relieve stress this week! Tag a nurse you know. #nursesweek2020 #yearofthenurseandmidwife #celebratingglobalheroes #maycelebration❤️ #thenursesjournal

We would be taking IDM 2020 to celebrate and appreciate #Midwives in #Nigeria with the #Ithank campaign. If you have had a Midiwfe support you during pregnancy, delivery, accessing contraception, or your reproductive health needs ( e.g post-abortion care, educating about Female Genital Mutilation), this is the time to celebrate them 👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿 -Mark your calendar for 5th of May (today!) -Post on your social media #Ithank (insert midwive's name) for supporting me during pregnancy #Ithank (insert midwive's name) for supporting me during delivery #Ithank (insert midwive's name) for supporting me with accessing contraception/ with my reproductive health. Or whatever message you have for them -Post along with a picture of them to appreciate them . - Use the hashtags #IthankNg #IDM2020 #Midwives2020

In the middle of washing hands frequently, maintenance of hygiene, and social distancing, it is imperative to pay the needed attention to the voices of these healthworkers; the frontliners, in curtailing the spread of the novel corona virus. Adequate welfarism, availability of PPEs, adequate security are basics need not be debated in any hospital. If we are at risk, you are at risk also. Lend your voice. #covid19  #nurses  #healthworkers  #PPEsnow  #thenursesjournal