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Article 2, paragraph 4, and Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention. The Committee notes with interest from the Government's report and reply to its previous comments, that the National Division of Nursing Personnel has been re-established in the Ministry of Public Health, to promote the co-ordination of the national policy concerning nursing services and nursing personnel with other health policies of interest to such personnel, and to allow nurses to participate in the planning of nursing services. The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed of any new developments in this respect.
Article 7. Further to its previous comments, the Committee requests the Government to supply copies of the instructions foreseen under section 33 of the second collective agreement of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS), and of any other texts that may be issued on occupational health and safety of nursing personnel under Chapters V and VI of the Regulations respecting occupational health and safety.
The Committee takes note of the new Regulations on the organic structure of the Ministry of Public Health of 1986, and the statistics supplied under Point V of the Report Form. It requests the Government to continue to communicate such statistics and information on the practical application of the Convention and on any difficulties encountered.