Nursing and midwifery advocacy to lead the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda

Nurses and midwives are primed to lead changes toward achieving health equity, environmental sustainability, and social justice toward a world of peace and an environment in which all can thrive. In September 2015, all 193 Member States of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly unanimously adopted a transnational initiative focused on improving and safeguarding the well-being of all persons, populations, species, ecosystems, and the planet at large. The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was implemented on January 1, 2016 and is composed of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and further delineated by 169 targets (UN, 2016).
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