Congratulatory message on World Health Day 2020

7 April 2020 is the day to celebrate the work of nurses and midwives and remind world leaders of the critical role they play in keeping the world healthy. Nurses and other health workers are at the forefront of COVID-19 response - providing high quality, respectful treatment and care, leading community dialogue to address fears and questions and, in some instances, collecting data for clinical studies. Quite simply, without nurses, there would be no response.

In this International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, World Health Day will highlight the current status of nursing and around the world. WHO and its partners will make a series of recommendations to strengthen of the nursing and midwifery workforce.

I consider it my duty, as the dean of the School of Health, to congratulate my dear colleagues on the International Day of Health, the tireless efforts in the field of health and treatment, and I ask God Almighty to wish you increasing health and success. I also wish that together we could overcome the problems of the health field, including COVID-19, and come out of this divine test proud.

Dr. Hamed Zandian

Head of the School of Health

Ardabil University of Medical Sciences