Correction to: Are the Global Strategic Directions for Strengthening Nursing and Midwifery 2016-2020 being implemented in countries? Findings from a cross-sectional analysis.

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

Correction to: Hum Resour Health (2019) 17:54

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-019-0392-2

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified an error in Table 2. The correct table is given below.

Table 2

Percent of interventions reported as “not started”, “in progress” and “completed” by thematic area

Thematic Area	No. of interventions	No. of responders	Not startedN (%)	In progressN (%)	CompletedN (%)	In progress & completed N (%)
1. Ensuring an educated, competent and motivated nursing and midwifery workforce within effective and responsive health systems at all levels and settings	7	35	61 (25%)	123 (50%)	61 (25%)	184 (75%)
2. Optimizing policy development, effective leadership, management and governance	6	35	42 (20%)	122 (58%)	46 (22%)	168 (80%)
3. Working together to maximize the capacities and potentials of nurses and midwives through intra- and interprofessional collaborative partnerships, education and CPD	4	35	46 (33%)	77 (59%)	10 (8%)	87 (67%)
4. Mobilizing political will to invest in building effective evidence-based nursing and midwifery workforce development	5	35	53 (30%)	93 (53%)	30 (17%)	123 (70%)
Overall from four thematic areas	22	35	200(26%)	420(55%)	150(19%)	570(74%)