Below is a collection of links to news stories, provided by Global Nurses United, about nurses in other nations and how they are advocating for their patients.
Australia
Headline: Calls for better oversight for emergency deployment of nurses
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Australia
https://www.naracoorteherald.com.au/story/6856433/state-campaign-protects-naracoortes-health-heroes/
Headline: Naracoorte Health Service joins statewide anti-violence campaign
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Australia
Headline: Aged-care crisis was ‘utterly predictable’
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Australia
Headline: Lack of staff putting ‘additional pressure’ on Victorian healthcare system
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Australia
https://www.miragenews.com/supporting-victoria-s-last-line-of-defence/
Headline: Supporting Victoria’s Last Line Of Defence
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Australia
Headline: Who is responsible for aged care homes?
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Australia
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/nsw-nurses-condemn-wage-freeze-callous-makes-no-economic-sense
Headline: NSW nurses condemn wage freeze as ‘callous’ and making ‘no economic sense’
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Australia
Headline: Mental health triage service may be privatised
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Australia
Headline: Queensland nurse contracts coronavirus while helping in Victoria’s response to crisis
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Brazil
Manchete: Há três meses sem salário, profissionais do Samu do Rio fazem protesto e entram em greve
Headline: For three months without a salary, Samu do Rio professionals protest and go on strike
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Brazil
Manchete: Grupo vai à Prefeitura e pede monitoramento do coronavírus em águas de esgoto de Uberaba
Headline: Group goes to City Hall and asks for monitoring of coronavirus in sewage waters of Uberaba
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Brazil
Manchete: Profissionais da saúde protestam na Avenida Brasil contra salários atrasados e por melhores condições de trabalho
Headline: Health professionals protest at Avenida Brasil against back wages and better working conditions
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Canada
Headline: Nurses protest Tory legislation in front of Whitby MPP’s office Friday
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Canada
Headline: Terms for Ontario’s commission on nursing homes prompt renewed calls for public inquiry
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Canada
https://discovermoosejaw.com/local/mandatory-masks-in-moose-jaw-not-being-discussed-yet
Headline: Mandatory Masks in Moose Jaw Not Being Discussed…Yet
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Canada
Headline: SUN looking to province to make masks mandatory for indoor public spaces
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Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-covid19-pandemic-risk-payment-1.5667312
Headline: Bonus pay on the way for nearly 80,000 Manitoba front-line pandemic workers
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Canada
https://www.journaldequebec.com/2020/07/26/une-infirmiere-infectee-naura-pas-droit-a-la-prime-covid
Titre: Une infirmière infectée n’aura pas droit à la «prime COVID»
Headline: An infected nurse will not be entitled to the “COVID bonus”
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Honduras
Titular: Afiliación política es requisito básico del gobierno para emplear a médicos y enfermeras
Headline: Political affiliation is a basic government requirement to employ doctors and nurses
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Honduras
Titular: 52 “héroes” han muerto al combatir en primera línea pandemia de COVID-19
Headline: 52 “heroes” have died fighting the frontline pandemic of COVID-19
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Honduras
Titular: Enfermera jubilada muere por sospechas de COVID en IHSS
Headline: Retired nurse dies of COVID suspicions at IHSS
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India
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/months-experts-india-coronavirus-crisis-200727091515912.html
Headline: ‘Tough few months ahead’: Experts on India’s coronavirus crisis
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India
Headline: Nurses At Jehangir Hospital, Pune, Strike Against Long Working Hours
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India
https://caravanmagazine.in/health/four-months-in-pandemic-safety-concerns-of-nurses-persist
Headline: Four months into the pandemic, government and hospitals continue to ignore nurses’ concerns
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India
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/indiashealth-services-struggle-cope-rocketing-154258791.html?guccounter=1
Headline: India’s health services struggle to cope with rocketing number of Covid-19 cases in India
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India
https://www.indiaspend.com/low-salaries-poor-facilities-deter-health-workers-from-covid-19-care/
Headline: Low Salaries, Poor Facilities Deter Health Workers From COVID-19 Care
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India
Headline: Demanding better pay, 200 nurses boycott work at Pune hospital
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Ireland
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40023302.html
Headline: 192 patients waiting for beds in Irish hospitals
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Ireland
Headline: 38 people waiting for beds at Cork hospitals
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Italy
Titolo: Covid-19. Alessandria primato negativo infortuni sul lavoro. NurSind: le nostre denunce inascoltate
Headline: COVID-19. Alessandria record of negative accidents at work. NurSind: our unheard complaints
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Italy
Titolo: Bonus Covid non erogato agli infermieri per errori di calcolo. NurSind Venezia pronta ad adire alle vie legali
Headline: Covid bonus not paid to nurses due to calculation errors. NurSind Venice ready to take legal action
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Italy
Titolo: <<Infortuni per Covid, l’89% sono infermieri Nessun ampliamento degli organici>>
Headline: “Casualties for Covid, 89% are nurses. No expansion of staff”
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Italy
Titolo: TORINO – Nursind: “Chiudere il servizio psichiatrico del Mauriziano è una follia”
Headline: TURIN – Nursind: “Closing the Mauritian psychiatric service is madness”
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Kenya
https://www.nation.co.ke/kenya/counties/kisumu/kebs-kisumu-medics-using-low-grade-masks-1909998
Headline: Kebs says Kisumu medics using sub-standard surgical face masks
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Kenya
Headline: Joy as virus-hit nurse on oxygen support delivers
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Lebanon
Titre: Crise économique: Le Syndicat des infirmières proclame une journée de grève le 5 août prochain
Headline: Economic crisis: The Nurses Union declares a day of strike on August 5
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Lebanon
Titre: Au Liban, le secteur de la santé risque de se retrouver très vite submergé
Headline: In Lebanon, the health sector risks being overwhelmed very quickly
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New Zealand
Headline: Maori Nurses And Maori Midwives Demand Urgent Legislative Change
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Paraguay
https://www.ultimahora.com/gremios-enfermeria-se-movilizan-el-microcentro-asuncion-n2897459.html
Titular: Nursing unions mobilize in the micro-center of Asunción
Headline: Nursing unions mobilize in the micro-center of Asunción
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Paraguay
Titular: Enfermeras reclaman gratificación por exposición al COVID-19
Headline: Nurses demand compensation for exposure to COVID-19
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Paraguay
Titular: Personal de blanco de Concepción reclama insumos y pagos de gratificaciones
Headline: Blanco de Concepción staff demands supplies and bonus payments
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Paraguay
https://www.ultimahora.com/enfermeras-copan-calles-reclamos-laborales-n2897542.html
Titular: Enfermeras copan calles por reclamos laborales
Headline: Nurses take to the streets for labor claims
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Philippines
Headline: NKTI medical workers organize silent protest to demand safety from coronavirus
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Philippines
https://rappler.com/nation/nkti-health-workers-silent-protest-better-treatment-fight-vs-covid-19
Headline: NKTI health workers stage silent protest for better treatment in fight vs COVID-19
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Philippines
https://www.panaynews.net/who-wields-the-baton-of-recovery/
Headline: Who wields the baton of recovery?
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Philippines
Headline: Cebu health groups want solutions, recovery direction from Duterte’s SONA
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Philippines
https://ph.news.yahoo.com/health-department-mulls-giving-incentives-064025729.html
Headline: Health Department mulls giving incentives to Filipino frontliners amid growing displeasure
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Philippines
https://visayandailystar.com/2020/July/28/opinion.htm
Headline: Nursing the nurses
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Philippines
https://www.bulatlat.com/2020/07/27/8k-defy-governments-warning-against-joining-protests/
Headline: 8K defy government’s warning against joining protests
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Philippines
Filipino: Nurses demoralisado dahil sinisisi sa pagtaas ng COVID-19
Headline: Nurses demoralized due to COVID-19 increase
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Philippines
https://www.abante.com.ph/mass-hiring-ng-mga-nurse-hiniling/
Filipino: Mass hiring ng mga nurse hiniling
Headline: Mass hiring of nurses requested
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Portugal
Manchete: “Ministério da Saúde tem de ouvir as propostas dos enfermeiros”
Headline: “Ministry of Health must listen to nurses’ proposals”
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Portugal
Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros exige ao Governo a valorização da carreira
Headline: Union of Nurses demands Government advance careers
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South Africa
Headline: How inequality and poverty undermined South Africa’s COVID response
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South Africa
Headline: DENOSA Mpumalanga statement on the shortage of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic in the province
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South Africa
https://www.news24.com/citypress/news/kzn-may-not-cope-with-covid-cases-20200725
Headline: KZN may not cope with Covid cases
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South Africa
Headline: Advisory committee dealing with PPE shortage, says Mkhize
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Spain
https://www.diariodehuelva.es/2020/07/31/satse-huelva-coronavirus/
Titular: Satse advierte: “En Huelva faltan 918 camas de agudos y 50 de cuidados críticos ante la nueva oleada del virus”
Headline: Satse warns: “In Huelva there are 918 acute care beds and 50 critical care beds lacking before the new wave of the virus”
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Spain
https://www.hoy.es/extremadura/sindicato-satse-denuncia-20200725111859-nt.html
Titular: El sindicato Satse denuncia que la cobertura de enfermeros del 65% para este verano es insuficiente
Headline: The Satse union denounces that 65% coverage of nurses for this summer is insufficient
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Spain
https://madridpress.com/art/275128/satse-reclama-contrataciones-de-enfermeras-para-ifema
Titular: Satse reclama contrataciones de enfermeras para Ifema
Headline: Satse demands hiring of nurses for Ifema
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Spain
https://www.diariodehuelva.es/2020/07/28/enfermeria-riesgo-covid/
Titular: El Sindicato de Enfermería pide que la profesión se considere de riesgo por el Covid-19
Headline: The Nursing Union demands that the profession be considered at risk over Covid-19
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Spain
Titular: SATSE Salamanca exige a la Diputación que “no dé la espalda a las enfermeras de sus centros residenciales”
Headline: SATSE Salamanca demands the Provincial Council to “not turn its back on the nurses in its residential centers”
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Spain
https://www.lavozdecordoba.es/economia/2020/07/29/satse-francia/
Titular: Satse reclama una subida salarial para los profesionales sanitarios españoles como en Francia
Headline: Satse demands same salary increase for Spanish health professionals as is in France
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Spain
Titular: Satse denuncia la agresión a una enfermera en el ambulatorio de Alcalá del Río
Headline: Satse denounces the attack on a nurse at the Alcalá del Río health center
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Spain
Titular: SATSE pide que un 25% del presupuesto sanitario sea para Atención Primaria
Headline: SATSE demands that 25% of the health budget be for Primary Care
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United Kingdom
Headline: Social media nurse army set to protest for early pay rise
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United Kingdom
Headline: Nurses are in the COVID-19 pandemic front lines. They should be first in line for a pay rise ǀ View
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United Kingdom
Headline: Care UK reveals five-week delay on staff coronavirus testing
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United Kingdom
https://keepournhspublic.com/nurses-march-for-better-pay/
Headline: Nurses march for better pay
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United Kingdom
Headline: Audit report lays bare fallout of cuts on nurse training budget as agency costs ‘soar’
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United States
Headline: As the District 5 Congressional Race Heats Up Unions Stand with Rep. Omar
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United States
https://kbjr6.com/2020/07/30/essentia-health-virginia-notified-of-mna-nurses-intent-to-picket/
Headline: Essentia Health-Virginia notified of MNA nurses’ intent to picket
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United States
Headline: Jewish Labor Committee remembers coronavirus dead on traditional mourning day
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United States
https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/articles/20079-covid-19-and-working-women
Headline: COVID-19 and working women
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United States
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article244478122.html
Headline: The coronavirus surge is back. California hospitals face familiar worries about PPEs and beds
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United States
https://www.shape.com/lifestyle/mind-and-body/nurses-shoes-capitol-lawn-coronavirus-tribute
Headline: Nurses Created a Moving Tribute for Their Colleagues Who’ve Died of COVID-19
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United States
Headline: FL hospital hires more nurses amid complaints about staff shortages
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United States
Headline: This is how the COVID-19 pandemic lives in the United States
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United States
Headline: Nurses Warn Of Another Personal Protective Equipment Shortage As Coronavirus Surges
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United States
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/nurses-union-survey-finds-most-feel-unsafe-at-work-COVID/582474/
Headline: Nurses union survey finds most still feel unsafe at work amid pandemic
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United States
Headline: Amid COVID-19 pandemic, nationwide survey reveals most nurses don’t feel safe in the workplace
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United States
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/07/pandemic-rages-ppe-supply-remains-problem
Headline: As pandemic rages, PPE supply remains a problem
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United States
Headline: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to Vote to Strike – Afghan USAF Base Workers Strike – Schools Nurses Occupy Boston City Hall
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United States
Headline: Meet the Press Blog: Latest news, analysis and data driving the political discussion
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United States
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/07/30/nevada-nurse-covid-19-icu
Headline: Nevada Nurse Shares The Emotional Toll Of Working On The Frontlines
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United States
https://fox40.com/morning/interview-nurses-concerned-over-reusing-ppe/
Headline: California nurses concerned over reusing PPE
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United States
Headline: San Joaquin General Hospital nurses demand more is done to protect them during pandemic
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United States
Headline: Nurses’ Pleas Spur U.S. Pledge to Tap 44 Million-Mask Stockpile
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United States
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/what-its-like-to-be-a-nurse-6-months-coronavirus/581709/
Headline: What it’s like to be a nurse after 6 months of COVID-19 response
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United States
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article244610462.html
Headline: Miami VA nurses demand greater protection and pay in pandemic, but bosses won’t budge
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United States
Headline: Dr. Fauci: U.S. closed only half the country to battle the coronavirus
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United States
https://www.bradenton.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article244582087.html
Headline: How many health workers has COVID killed? Fla. says it has no data. False, ex-data guru says
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United States
Headline: California Hospitals Complain They Still Lack Adequate Supply of Masks
