Health Carousel Funds DAISY Awards for 12 Exceptional Ugandan Nurses
September 19, 2022 – Health Carousel, through its Light the Way initiative and in partnership with the DAISY Foundation and the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU), is proud to announce the twelve UNMU recipients of the DAISY Award for Exceptional Nurses for 2022.
“We at Health Carousel are honored to be part of this amazing program where we get to honor nurses who live out the values of the DAISY Award every day.” - Earl Dalton, Chief Nursing Officer, Health Carousel
The 12 DAISY Award recipients were honored at award ceremonies and each received both a certificate and a “Healer’s Touch” statuette, all of which are underwritten by Health Carousel through its Light the Way initiative supporting nursing sustainability, development and ethical recruitment practices globally.
“We at Health Carousel are honored to be part of this amazing program where we get to honor nurses who live out the values of the DAISY Award every day,” commented Earl Dalton, Earl Dalton, MHA, MSL, RN, NEA–BC, Chief Nursing Officer at Health Carousel. “The DAISY Award program stands for professionalism, dedication, and excellence in nursing and Health Carousel is proud to celebrate these nurses in a tangible way,” Dalton goes on to say.
Nurse Recognition Key to Retention and Satisfaction Amid Tough Conditions
Sub-Saharan Africa is faced with a severe healthcare professional crisis coupled with having an overwhelming disease burden.
The majority of the 57 countries listed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as having a human resources for health crisis are from this region alone. The shortage of physicians is an especially pronounced constraint. As such, countries in sub-Saharan Africa have grown to increasingly rely on nurses.
In many countries such as Uganda, nurses constitute as high as 80% of the entire health workforce.
Programs such as the DAISY International Advocate program, underwritten by Health Carousel, aid in the retention of the nursing workforce through the provision of much needed recognition of their extraordinary efforts by peers, leadership, and the public.
Since our inception in 2004, Health Carousel has maintained its Light the Way initiatives, through which all our programs and activities promoting ethical recruitment practices and nursing sustainability globally have been funneled.
We are one of the largest U.S. healthcare staffing firms and have been awarded numerous industry awards, including Best of Staffing Diamond Award by ClearyRated and are listed on the Fastest-Growing US Staffing Firms by Staffing Industry Analysts.
Health Carousel and Health Carousel Philippines have received the status of Certified Ethical Recruiter by the Alliance for Ethical Recruitment Practices, a nonprofit organization that promotes the fair, transparent recruitment of global healthcare workers for employment in the USA. Health Carousel is a proud member of the Business Ethics Leadership Alliance and has achieved the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission.
