Nurses—Making a Difference in Global Health
GOAL 6: Combat HIV, AIDS, malaria and all communicable and non-communicable diseases*
Read how nurses around the world are advocating and helping achieve this goal.
Did we really make a difference?
As I began this year, my 37th as a nurse, I stopped to reflect on what it really
means to be a nurse and was reminded of a very special journey. In March 2004,
my daughter Molly and I had the privilege of traveling to South Africa with a
delegation of nurses from the United States to help with the HIV/AIDS crisis.
The visit was under the direction of People to People Ambassador Programs.
According to Chief Executive Officer Mary J. Eisenhower, granddaughter of former
President Eisenhower, (founder of the organization), her grandfather had the
simple thought that “people can make a difference where the government cannot.
Delegates represent the best of our hope, courage, openness and a love of
peace.” Read
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*2010 IYNurse joins the worldwide call for including
this language in MDG #6.
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Additional stories about nurses who are helping to
combat AIDS, HIV, malaria and all communicable and non-communicable diseases: