The first words of the Nightingale Declaration are modelled after the Preamble to the founding Charter of the United Nations (1945) with the words, "We the people of the United Nations..."
The Declaration also reflects the deep and wide legacy of Florence Nightingale - the famous nurse who worked for 50 years to achieve the health of all peoples and for the health of the world. We believe she would have been quite pleased to sign this Declaration!
Crafted at an international nursing conference in Toronto in 2003 - during a global SARS epidemic, where patients and nurses were dying nearby - this Declaration has become the foundational credo for all activities of the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health. It clarifies and commits to our shared goals and shared purposes - to work together to build a better world for everyone.
The Declaration also reflects the deep and wide legacy of Florence Nightingale - the famous nurse who worked for 50 years to achieve the health of all peoples and for the health of the world. We believe she would have been quite pleased to sign this Declaration!
Crafted at an international nursing conference in Toronto in 2003 - during a global SARS epidemic, where patients and nurses were dying nearby - this Declaration has become the foundational credo for all activities of the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health. It clarifies and commits to our shared goals and shared purposes - to work together to build a better world for everyone.
English version:
We - the nurses and concerned citizens of the global community - hereby dedicate ourselves to achieve a healthy world. We declare our willingness to unite in a program of action, to share information and solutions and improve health conditions for all humanity - locally, nationally and globally. We further resolve to adopt personal practices and to implement public policies in our communities and nations - making this goal achievable and inevitable - beginning today in our own lives, in the lives of our nations and in the world at large.
Version français:
Nous, les infirmières et les citoyens engagés de la communauté mondiale, par la présente nous dédions/vouons à atteindre à un monde en santé! Nous déclarons notre volonté de nous unir dans un programme d'action, de partager des information et des solutions et d'améliorer les conditions de santé pour toute l'humanité - au niveau local, national et mondial. De plus, nous décidons d'adopter des pratiques personnelles et d'implémenter des politiques publiques dans nos communautés et nos nations afin de rendre cet objectif réalisable et inévitable, dès d'aujourd'hui dans nos vies dans la vie de nos nations et dans le monde entier.
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Image Credits: Candles accessed for non-profit use from the clipart-library.com. Florence Nightingale signature from Wikimedia—in the public domain.