How to develop tomorrow's nursing leaders

A pivotal event for nursing was the "International Encounter on Leadership in Nursing for Health for All" in Tokyo, Japan, in April 1986. Here, nursing leaders from every corner of the globe exchanged views and were spurred on to create a movement to achieve WHO's "Health for All" goal. Finally, after a long wait for permission to print, INR offers its readers one such view given at the conference. This paper gives not only advice on how to prepare tomorrow's nursing leaders in HFA but also an all-encompassing definition of what constitutes a leader and background on various aspects of primary health care. Its importance as a reference has been enhanced following the wide exploration of leadership development by leaders and decision-makers at the technical discussions at this year's World Health Assembly.