ICN has welcomed the WHO’s World Health Day theme My Health, My Right, ahead of World Health Day, Sunday, 7 April.
5 April 2024
ICN says there is still time for member states to the WHO proposed Pandemic Accord to ensure that the nursing workforce is properly protected.
4 April 2024
Responding to the shocking and heartbreaking news of the seven international aid workers from World Central Kitchen (WCK) killed in Gaza, ICN President Pamela Cipriano and CEO Howard Catton.
3 April 2024
A major article on The Guardian website is highlighting ICN’s concerns about nurse migration from poorer to richer nations, which nurse leaders in Africa have called a new form of colonialism.
28 March 2024
ICN has taken part in a technical workshop on the implementation of pre-registration mental health and substance use education and training for nurses and other health professionals.
26 March 2024
More than 100 nurse leaders from 40 countries have held in-depth face-to-face meetings with in Sweden and Rwanda, where they raised their concerns about the growing crisis in nursing, driven by shortages and lack of investment.
20 March 2024
ICN held an online seminar on 6 March 2024 to launch its new Mental Health Nursing Guidelines.
13 March 2024
ICN is celebrating International Women’s Day with a call to governments to recognize the benefits of investing in nurses for the healthcare and wellbeing of the global population.
8 March 2024
ICN has today published new Guidelines on Mental Health Nursing as part of its mission to improve mental health care globally.
6 March 2024
It is with great sadness that the ICN announces the passing of Dr Kim Mo-Im, who served as ICN’s 21st President from 1989-1993 and an ICN Board member from 1981 to 1985.
1 March 2024
ICN, in partnership with the Joint Virtual Swedish Nurse Organisation, held the International Workforce Forum in Stockholm, Sweden this week. The IWF brought together more than a dozen leading NNAs, representing millions of nurses, with high level members of the WHO, and Sweden’s Ministry of Health.
1 March 2024
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is launching Phase Three of its ODENNA development programme aimed at strengthening and increasing the influence of nursing associations in Africa.
13 February 2024