Correspondence 848 www.thelancet.com Vol 387 February 27, 2016 be adapted and simplified for inclusion in suitable packages. 3 UHC, without NCDs, will not meet the health needs of any country. There can be no “grand convergence” without addressing NCDs. We declare no competing interests. *Robert Beaglehole, Ruth Bonita r.beaglehole@auckland.ac.nz International Public Health Consultants, Auckland 0624, New Zealand 1 Summers LH on behalf of 267 signatories. Economists’ declaration on universal health coverage. Lancet 2015; 386: 2112–13. 2 Jamison DT, Summers LH, Alleyne G, et al. Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation. Lancet 2013; 382: 1898–955. 3 WHO. Package of Essential Noncommunicable (PEN) disease interventions for primary health care in low resource settings. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2013. exposure to Ebola, HIV, tuberculosis, and other diseases for want of masks, goggles, gloves, bleach, or, simply, running water. If we wish to avoid a scenario similar to the present west African Ebola outbreak, there has to be a radical shift in how we approach global health policy. The old, failed hierarchies must be abolished and new voices must enter the discussion. There is no longer any excuse that can justify the omission of our profession. Therefore, to move towards enduring change, members from nursing, the largest single professional health-care cadre on the planet, have to be included from the very beginning in all policy design and reforms. We declare no competing interests. *Elizabeth Glaser, Sheila Davis, Cecelia Flomo, Anne Sliney, Mary W Tiah, on behalf of 58 signatories listed in the appendix eglaser@brandeis.edu Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02453, USA (EG); Partners In Health, Boston, MA, USA (SD); Liberian Board for Nursing & Midwifery, Monrovia, Liberia (CF, MWT); and Clinton Health Access Initiative, New York, NY, USA (AS) 1 Moon S, Sridhar D, Pate MA, et al. Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. The report of the Harvard- LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola. Lancet 2015; 386: 2204–21. A wealthy country’s motivations for involvement—be they self-interest, camaraderie, or benevolence—are immaterial; this investment is essential. The IHR is the key foundation for global outbreak detection and response; its implementation needs to be fostered. BJP has worked as a consultant with WHO. DND declares no competing interests. *Beverley J Paterson, David N Durrheim beverley.j.paterson@newcastle.edu.au Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Dudley, NSW 2290, Australia 1 Tolstoy L. Pamphlets. Translated from the Russian. Christchurch, Hants: Free Age Press, 1900. 2 Moon S, Sridhar D, Pate MA, et al. Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. The report of the Harvard- LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola. Lancet 2015; 386: 2204–21. 3 WHO. International Health Regulations, 2005. Second edition. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2008. 4 WHO. International Health Regulations (2005) Monitoring Framework. http://www.who.int/ gho/ihr/en/ (accessed Nov 24, 2015). The Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola issued a report 1 in The Lancet suggesting reforms to avoid repetition of a similar disaster in the future. The so-called interdisciplinary panel did not see fit to include any members with a background in nursing, despite the essential role of our profession in the global response, our knowledge of operational aspects of public health, and the ongoing sacrifices those in nursing have made at the front lines of the outbreak. Respectfully, who speaks now on behalf of the nurses in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, the USA, Europe, and the African Union who cared for patients with Ebola? Who speaks for the nurses whose lives were sometimes placed at risk during the outbreak through the hubris of politicians, administrators, and physicians that underestimated the extent of the outbreak? When the policy makers, researchers, and high level clinicians are gone, there will still be nurses serving in remote posts in central and west Africa, placing their lives at risk as a result of Economists, universal health coverage, and non- communicable diseases We welcome the declaration in support of universal health coverage (UHC) by Lawrence Summers 1 on behalf of 267 economists from 44 countries. We are astounded, however, by the complete absence of tackling non- communicable diseases (NCDs) from this call for action. This is especially surprising given the strong focus on NCDs in the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health, chaired by Summers, 2 and the cost-effectiveness of many NCD interventions that can Department of Error Roa M. Zika virus outbreak: reproductive health and rights in Latin America. Lancet 2016; 387: 843—In this Correspondence, the author’s affiliation has been corrected. This correction has been made to the online version as of Feb 25, 2016, and the printed Correspondence is correct. Broekhuijsen K, van Baaren G-J, van Pampus MG, et al. Immediate delivery versus expectant monitoring for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy between 34 and 37 weeks of gestation (HYPITAT-II): a multicentre, open-label randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2015; 385: 2492–501—In table 1 of this Article, the row of data missing for 24 h collection should have been data missing for proteinuria, and the row of data missing for protein:creatine ratio should have been omitted. In table 4, for umbilical artery pH <7·05, the relative risk should have been 1·0, not 2·0. The 95% CI was correct. These changes have been made to the online version as of Feb 25, 2016. See Online for appendix Duke T. New WHO guidelines on emergency triage assessment and treatment. Lancet 2016; 387: 721–24—In this Comment, an additional point should be included in section 2.1 of the panel: “Check blood glucose and correct if low”. This correction was made to the online version on Feb 19, 2016. Published Online February 19, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ S0140-6736(16)00391-3