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- International Nurses Day is celebrated on May 12. May 12 was selected for celebrating as it is the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, the foundational philosopher of modern nursing.
- Theme 2020: ‘Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Nursing the World to Health’.