２０２０年７月１日（Wed.） WHOは、２０２０年を “ the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife （助産師）“ と設定しているそうです。それはナイチンゲール生誕２００年を記念してのことです。（ニュースソース： ICELAND REVIEW ６月２７日発 ）
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‘Hop a Ride on the Midwife Mobile’
An electric bus adorned with an illustration of two women giving birth with the helping hands of unseen caretakers pays tribute to midwives and the work they do, Vísir reports. The ad, which simply reads “We warmly welcome you,” was sponsored by the Icelandic Midwives Association and made its maiden voyage on Wednesday.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has designated 2020 the “Year of the Nurse and the Midwife,” in honour of Florence Nightingale, who was born 200 years ago. “These are the people who devote their lives to caring for mothers and children; giving lifesaving immunisations and health advice; looking after older people and generally meeting everyday essential health needs,” reads the campaign description. “They are often, the first and only point of care in their communities. The world needs 9 million more nurses and midwives if it is to achieve universal health coverage by 2030.”
Inviting locals to ‘Hop a ride on the midwife mobile,’ the Icelandic Midwives’ Association praised midwives for the vital role they play in the pregnancy and birth process, and noted that midwives also “provide education and services related to wellbeing, women’s health, and women’s bodies” and “work anywhere and everywhere, including in homes, out in the community, at hospitals, private facilities, and local health centres.”
The organisation then called for “a powerful platform” to be created for midwives and nurses, the better to allow them to participate in the creation of public policy related to healthcare services. “Studies have shown that when a midwife attends a birth, infant mortality rates and illness are reduced by almost 80%,” the call continues, “and premature births by 24%. In addition, under the care of midwives, more women are breastfeeding, women’s psychosocial health is better, and there are fewer interventions in births, particularly caesareans. The work of midwives is, therefore, indisputably important to the welfare of newborns and women; infant mortality in this country is among the lowest in the world.”
“For these reasons, the Icelandic Midwives Association wanted to take this opportunity to call attention to itself and in so doing, reiterate the importance of midwifery here in Iceland. Though we’ve achieved great things, it’s always possible to do better.”
The ‘Midwife Mobile’ is currently running along route #18 from Spöngin shopping mall in Grafarvogur to Hlemmur in downtown Reykjavík.
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それにしても、もう少し妊婦さんに配慮したデザインが良かったと思うのですが、それは日本人的な考えなのでしょうか・・・。
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話題を変えます。東京の本日のCOVID19 感染者は67人と速報が出ています。一方で、昨日、新しい指標が東京都から示されましたが、具体的な数値による目安（基準値）は一切示されませんでした。このような曖昧模糊とした内容であるのならば、判断指標を開示したことにはなりません。理由は、個々人では全く判断出来ないからです。いつぞやの“東京アラート“と同様で、“何ソレ？“と言う印象しかありませんし、呆れています。
こんなゴチャゴチャとした、且つ、総合的に判断するような不明瞭な指標より、RーNumber ひとつにしてはどうでしょうか。 R＝1 なら現状維持推移、R＜１なら収束方向（安心）、R＞１なら増加傾向（危険）、そしてR＞1.5で緊急措置発動へ（例）。
兎に角、感染者に関する数値発表だけでは不足です。その事実に対し、どこまでの範囲を検査をしているのか、隔離しているのか、営業停止・業務停止措置をしているのか、どのビルなのか等々。現状では全く不明のままで、むしろ、“注意して下さい（都知事）“と言っているだけの無策に等しいとしか思えません。これでは都民や国民が見殺しにされるだけです。
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