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.
Angola
Manchete: Enfermeiros de Luanda agredidos e insultados por falta de material de atendimento ameaçam greve
Headline: Luanda nurses threaten strike after being attacked and insulted for lack of care material
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Australia
https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6222968035001
Headline: EXCLUSIVE: Nurses at breaking point in regional areas
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https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/7085179/mothers-using-one-midwife-service-is-less-on-the-coast/
Headline: Number of pregnant women using Group Midwifery Practice on North West Coast drops
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https://insideageing.com.au/government-calls-for-tenders-to-train-aged-care-nurse-specialists/
Headline: Government calls for tenders to train aged care nurse specialists
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Brazil
Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros do Pará e Instituto Diretrizes firmam Acordos Coletivos de Trabalho
Headline: Pará Nurses Union and Instituto Diretrizes sign Collective Labor Agreements
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Manchete: Corpo de enfermeira vítima de Covid-19 em Manaus não será transladado ao Acre
Headline: Body of nurse victim of Covid-19 in Manaus will not be transferred to Acre
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Manchete: Teresina aceita receber 30 pacientes com Covid-19 vindos de Manaus, diz presidente da FMS
Headline: Teresina accepts 30 patients with Covid-19 from Manaus, says president of FMS
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Canada
https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/sante/593375/des-medecins-reaffectes-pour-aider-les-infirmieres
Titre: Des médecins réaffectés pour aider les infirmières
Headline: Doctors reassigned to help nurses
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Titre: Des patients en attente sur des civières pendant des jours
Headline: Patients waiting on stretchers for days
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Titre: Des centaines d’infirmières réaffectées vers les urgences des hôpitaux
Headline: Hundreds of nurses reassigned to hospital ERs
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https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/593115/le-droit-a-la-sante-passe-par-le-droit-de-denoncer
Titre: Le droit à la santé passe par le droit de dénoncer
Headline: The right to health comes from the right to speak out
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https://www.journaldequebec.com/2021/01/10/il-faut-rassurer-les-gens-et-proteger-les-travailleurs-1
Titre: Un manque de directives pour protéger le personnel soignant, selon la FIQ
Headline: Guidelines lacking to protect nursing staff, according to the FIQ
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Headline: Healthcare leaders are not exempt from COVID guidelines, says Ontario Nurses’ Association
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Headline: Let the Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission’s work continue
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Headline: Award sees Glen Stor Dun Lodge nurses receive raises, benefits
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https://globalnews.ca/news/7574763/sask-nurses-union-covid-19-vaccines/
Headline: Nurses’ union says Saskatchewan COVID-19 vaccination plan falling short
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https://www.620ckrm.com/2021/01/11/274344/
Headline: Sask. Union of Nurses wants to see faster rollout of COVID-19 vaccines
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https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-hitting-all-time-high-covid-19-numbers-1.5262582
Headline: Sask. hitting all-time high COVID-19 numbers
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Headline: ‘Let’s get it together’: Head of Sask. nurses’ union says province needs to step up pace on COVID-19 vaccines
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https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/coronavirus/moving-nurses-missing-the-mark-573561922.html
Headline: Moving nurses ‘missing the mark’
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https://globalnews.ca/news/7571634/advocates-ns-minimum-care-hours-nursing-homes/
Headline: Union leaders, advocates urge N.S. government to require minimum care hours in nursing homes
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https://signalhfx.ca/long-term-care-staff-in-nova-scotia-still-overworked-and-underpaid-mlas-told/
Headline: Long-term care staff in Nova Scotia still overworked and underpaid, MLAs told
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Headline: Nova Scotia urged to do more to prevent COVID-19 from spreading in nursing homes
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-nurses-pharmacists-vaccine-1.5871870
Headline: Nurses, pharmacists ready to administer COVID-19 vaccine when needed
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Dominican Republic
https://www.diariosalud.do/enfermeria/que-propusieron-los-gremios-de-enfermeria-a-las-autoridades/
Titular: ¿Qué propusieron los gremios de enfermería a las autoridades?
Headline: What did the nursing unions propose to the authorities?
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https://hoy.com.do/llamado-a-paro-de-enfermeria-fue-para-presionar-el-gobierno-dice-sinatrae/
Titular: Llamado a paro de enfermería fue para presionar el Gobierno, dice Sinatrae
Headline: The nursing strike was called to pressure the Government, says Sinatrae
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Honduras
https://www.oncenoticias.hn/enfermeras-auxiliares-torax/
Titular: Reportan el despido de 20 enfermeras auxiliares del hospital “El Tórax” pese a incremento de casos COVID – 19
Headline: Reported dismissal of 20 auxiliary nurses from the hospital “El Tórax” despite an increase in COVID-19 cases
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Titular: En plena pandemia despiden a una veintena de enfermeras en el Instituto Cardiopulmonar
Headline: In the middle of the pandemic, a score of nurses are fired at the Cardiopulmonary Institute
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https://proceso.hn/empleados-se-toman-centro-de-salud-ante-amenazas-en-colonia-capitalina/
Titular: Empleados se toman centro de Salud ante amenazas en colonia capitalina
Headline: Employees take over the Health Center due to threats in the capital’s neighborhood
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https://www.latribuna.hn/2021/01/13/pandemia-golpea-al-personal-de-enfermeria/
Titular: Pandemia golpea al personal de enfermería
Headline: Pandemic hits nursing staff
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https://www.elheraldo.hn/inicio/1434640-466/despiden-a-mas-de-20-enfermeras-auxiliares-del-torax
Titular: Despiden a más de 20 enfermeras auxiliaries de El Tórax, pese a repunte de casos
Headline: More than 20 auxiliary nurses are fired from El Tórax despite an increase in cases
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Ireland
https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0113/1189512-private-hospitals/
Headline: INMO calls for all private hospitals to be nationalised
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Headline: INMO Calls for ‘Protections and Pay’ for Student Nurses and Midwives
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https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40206395.html
Headline: ‘The system is overloaded and they cannot cope’: Nurses union calls for urgent intervention
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http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=27630
Headline: Nurses call for urgent Govt intervention
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Headline: A Miserly Placement Grant Proposal That Added Insult to Injury
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Italy
Titolo: Vaccini, Nursind: ”Esclusi dalla prima tranche operatori del 118, infermieri di famiglia e USCA, impegnati in prima linea contro il Covid”
Headline: Vaccines, Nursind: “Excluded from the first tranche are 118 operators, family nurses and the USCA, engaged in the front line against Covid”
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Titolo: Focolaio di Covid all’ospedale di Roccadaspide. Nursind:”Nulla è stato fatto per tutelare gli operatori sanitari”
Headline: Covid outbreak at Roccadaspide hospital. Nursind: “Nothing has been done to protect health workers”
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https://eturbonews.com/2545647/covid-19-in-italy-fewer-nurses-than-needed/
Headline: COVID-19 in Italy: Fewer nurses than needed
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Titolo: Lorella, infermiera, uccisa dal Covid a 57 anni. Il cordoglio del Nursind
Headline: Lorella, a nurse, killed by Covid at the age of 57. Nursind’s condolences
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Kenya
https://www.kbc.co.ke/nurses-strike-to-continue-until-deal-is-reached/
Headline: Nurses strike to continue until deal is reached
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https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/hundreds-of-protesting-health-workers-sacked-in-kenya/2107457
Headline: Hundreds of protesting health workers sacked in Kenya
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Headline: Nurses vow to continue strike until MoU signed
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New Zealand
Headline: Covid-19: MIQ nurses concerned about staffing, instability at border facilities
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Philippines
https://cnnphilippines.com/videos/2021/1/13/Above-and-beyond–Filipino-Nurses-United.html
Headline: Above and beyond: Filipino Nurses United
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Headline: Nurses’ group wants safety, higher efficacy in COVID-19 vaccine for health workers
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Portugal
Manchete: PS trava valorização da carreira de enfermagem, BE e PCP criticam
Headline: PS hampers nursing career valorization, BE and PCP criticize
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South Africa
Headline: Denosa lambastes KZN Health Department’s response to Covid-19 crisis
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Headline: Nursing union sheds light on the plight of front-line workers
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Headline: Health HOD allegedly warned about Wentworth Hospital crisis
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Headline: Denosa slams use of Limpopo as nursing ‘training agent for other provinces’
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South Korea
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210112000881
Headline: Govt. urged to increase rewards for medical workers fighting COVID-19
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https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210113009600315
Headline: (Yonhap Feature) Doctors, nurses, volunteers hailed as hidden heroes in yearlong fight against COVID-19
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Spain
Titular: SATSE pide refuerzo de plantillas de enfermeras en la vacunación COVID19
Headline: SATSE calls for reinforcement of nurses for COVID19 vaccinations
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Titular: Trauma masivo entre las enfermeras tras un año de pandemia
Headline: Massive trauma among nurses after a year of pandemic
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Titular: Los enfermeros critican el ritmo de vacunación: “Tardaremos meses en vacunar sólo a los sanitarios”
Headline: Nurses criticize vaccination rate: “It will take months to vaccinate only the health workers”
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https://www.informacion.es/alicante/2021/01/13/satse-critica-saturacion-enfermeros-uci-27938548.html
Titular: El Satse critica la saturación de los enfermeros de la UCI del Hospital de Sant Joan
Headline: Satse criticizes the overworking of nurses in the ICU of the Hospital de Sant Joan
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Titular: Vacunación en Cataluña: sin coordinación ni pago de horas extras a las enfermeras
Headline: Vaccination in Catalonia: without coordination or overtime payment to nurses
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United Kingdom
Headline: Unions urge public to back fair pay for nurses campaign
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Headline: ‘Charging dedicated NHS staff to park at work is disgraceful’: Staff paid nearly £8 MILLION to park at Greater Manchester’s hospitals in a year
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Headline: Patient safety at risk as hospitals further dilute staffing levels, warns RCN
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Headline: ICU nurses at risk of PTSD, severe anxiety or problem drinking due to COVID trauma, finds study
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Headline: Learning resources launched for nurses new to critical care
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United States
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/2020-progressive-leaders/
Headline: These Progressives Helped Keep Hope Alive in 2020—and Prepare Us for 2021
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/nyregion/filipino-nurses-coronavirus.html
Headline: ‘It’s Starting Again’: Why Filipino Nurses Dread the Second Wave
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https://wlos.com/news/local/hendersonville-announces-new-police-chief-blair-myhand-gerald-childress
Headline: Mission nurses’ union begins negotiations with HCA
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Headline: Tucson’s Carondelet nurses to protest “inadequate staffing, overwhelming patient loads”
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https://capitalandmain.com/profit-hospital-closes-in-the-middle-of-surge-0112
Headline: Epic Fail: For-Profit Hospital Closes in the Middle of Surge
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https://www.wmtw.com/article/effort-underway-to-unionize-nurses-at-maine-med/35207103
Headline: Effort underway to unionize nurses at Maine Medical Center
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https://patch.com/california/santamonica/ucla-nurses-urge-hospital-help-overburdened-staff-pandemic
Headline: UCLA Nurses Urge Hospital To Help Overburdened Staff In Pandemic
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Headline: Stretched thin, nurses call for Newsom to end stringent nurse-to-patient ratios
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https://workdayminnesota.org/educators-call-for-delay-in-reopening-schools/
Headline: Educators Call for Delay in Reopening Schools
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https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/get-a-shovel-biden-to-roll-back-trump-midnight-rules/
Headline: Get a shovel: Biden to roll back Trump ‘midnight rules’
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Headline: For Health Care Workers, The Pandemic Is Fueling Renewed Interest In Unions
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https://khn.org/news/article/health-workers-unions-see-surge-in-interest-amid-covid/
Headline: Health Workers Unions See Surge in Interest Amid Covid
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Headline: Tucson nurses advocate for optimal staffing during car procession
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Headline: McConnell Urged to ‘Finish the Job’ and Reconvene Senate to Put Twice-Impeached Trump on Trial
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Headline: California is desperate, but volunteer health corps dwindles
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Headline: Hospitals seek relaxed rules for nursing, patient discharge
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https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/gov-newsoms-california-health-corps-of-14/
Headline: Gov. Newsom’s California Health Corps of… 14
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https://patch.com/california/across-ca/profit-hospital-closes-middle-la-covid-19-surge
Headline: For-Profit Hospital Closes In The Middle Of LA COVID-19 Surge
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Headline: Vaccine rollout too slow, but Minnesota officials hope it will ramp up soon
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https://ccxmedia.org/news/nurses-push-for-emergency-leave-bill/
Headline: Nurses push for emergency leave bill