UN SDGs as 17 Health Determinants
As ‘we the peoples of the United Nations’ — our advocacy aims to achieve the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — all as factors in recovering and maintaining health. Today we would call all these factors 'Health Determinants.'
As we prepare to globally celebrate the 2020 Bicentenary of Florence Nightingale's birth, her insights still have fresh relevance for achieving a healthy world. In fact, her life and work anticipated these SDGs.
Because Nightingale's work for global health was so broad — encompassing many 'health determinants' such as poverty, nutrition, education, the rights and welfare of women and girls, as well as clean water, clean air and a healthy environment — we are focusing our '2020' work to encourage this advocacy for the 17 UN SDGs.
Thus, NIGH's '2020 Vision' is to actively engage — in Nightingale's name — as many as possible of the world's 20+ million nurses, midwives, concerned citizens — and many other stakeholders — dedicated to achieving global health in our time.
As we prepare to globally celebrate the 2020 Bicentenary of Florence Nightingale's birth, her insights still have fresh relevance for achieving a healthy world. In fact, her life and work anticipated these SDGs.
Because Nightingale's work for global health was so broad — encompassing many 'health determinants' such as poverty, nutrition, education, the rights and welfare of women and girls, as well as clean water, clean air and a healthy environment — we are focusing our '2020' work to encourage this advocacy for the 17 UN SDGs.
Thus, NIGH's '2020 Vision' is to actively engage — in Nightingale's name — as many as possible of the world's 20+ million nurses, midwives, concerned citizens — and many other stakeholders — dedicated to achieving global health in our time.
>> See our new webpages detailing the connections between Florence Nightingale and the UN SDGs as 17 'Health Determinants.'
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We are already discussing plans and preparing to consider collaboration with many people, including with our friends at the Florence Nightingale Museum and the Florence Nightingale Foundation in London, UK as well as with the Commonwealth Nurses & Midwives Federation, representing leaders in 53 nations, worldwide. We are also serving on the team of 'Nightingale 2020 Partners' working together to plan the her Bicentenary.
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We welcome your ideas! Meanwhile, these are several great resources to enjoy: The Commemorative Edition of Florence Nightingale: Mystic Visionary, Healer — the award-winning textbook Florence Nightingale Today: Healing, Leadership, Global Action - the keepsake Illuminating Florence: Finding Nightingale's Legacy in Your Practice and the awesome Collected Works of Florence Nightingale. To prepare for 2020 together, please bookmark & share this page with your colleagues, friends and family to stay in touch!
17 New UN Sustainable Development Goals • SDGs
In keeping with Nightingale's own wide perspectives on health, we will be connecting NIGH's '2020 Vision' with advocacy for achieving the new UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Photo Credits: TOP: Ms. Shoko Noda, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative to the Maldives, participated in a public dialogue on the new Sustainable Development Goals — hosted at the Maldives UN Office. Used with required attribution to the United Nations. LOWER: SDGs Chart from UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform, also used with required attribution. Above e-Nightingale graphic from NIGH's archives.