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Keywords
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Documentc number:c WHO/EURO:2017-5314-45078-64291
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Allcrightscreserved.cThecRegionalcOfficecforcEuropecofcthecWorldcHealthcOrganizationcwelcomescrequestscforcpermissionctocreproducecorctranslatec its
cpublications,cincpartcorcincfull.
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hecpartcofcthecWorldcHealthcOrganizationcconcerningctheclegalcstatuscofcanyccountry,cterritory,ccitycorcareacorcofcitscauthorities,corcconcerningcthecdel
imitationcofcitscfrontierscorcboundaries.cDottedclinesconcmapscrepresentcapproximatecborderclinescforcwhichctherecmaycnotcyetcbecfullcagreement.
Thecmentioncofcspecificccompaniescorcofccertaincmanufacturers’cproductscdoescnotcimplycthatctheycarecendorsedcorcrecommendedcbycthecWorldcHealt
hcOrganizationcincpreferencectocotherscofcacsimilarcnaturecthatcarecnotcmentioned.cErrorscandcomissionscexcepted,cthecnamescofcproprietarycproducts
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ublishedcmaterialciscbeingcdistributedcwithoutcwarrantycofcanyckind,ceithercexpresscorcimplied.cThecresponsibilitycforcthecinterpretationcandcusecofcth
ecmaterialcliescwithcthecreader.cIncnoceventcshallcthecWorldcHealthcOrganizationcbecliablecforcdamagescarisingcfromcitscuse.cThecviewscexpressedc byca
uthors,ceditors,corcexpertcgroupscdocnotcnecessarilycrepresentcthecdecisionscorcthecstatedcpolicycofcthecWorldcHealthcOrganization.
Textcediting:cAlexcMathieson,cUnitedcKingdomc(Scotland).
Design:cDamiancMullan,cSocitcbeginsc…,cUnitedcKingdomc(Scotland).
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CORRIGENDUM
Facilitatingc evidence-basedc practicec inc nursingc andc midwiferyc inc thec WHOc Europeanc Region
Documentcnumber:cWHO/EURO:2017-5314-45078-64291
Oncpagec3cfig.c3c“Evidencecgeneration”ciscreplacedcwithcaccorrectcfigure.cThisc
correctioncwascincorporatedcintocthecelectroniccfileconc27cAprilc2022.