The CEO of ICN, Howard Catton, has received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Northumbria University, Newcastle.
11 December 2023
In a collaborative effort to champion patient-centric health care, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) and the World Patients Alliance (WPA) held a groundbreaking webinar on Patient-Centred Care & Patient Engagement, on 1 December 2023.
4 December 2023
ICN is joining with other health organizations to express its frustration to the COP28 climate change conference about the lack of progress on climate change action.
30 November 2023
ICN CEO Howard Catton has repeated ICN’s support for the Korean Nurses Association’s long campaign to have the Nursing Act passed by the government of the Republic of Korea.
23 November 2023
Infections that are difficult to treat are some of most pressing global challenges in human and animal health, driven generally by the misuse or overuse of antibiotics. Governments worldwide have introduced measures to curb the increase of drug-resistant infections, with national plans that advocate the participation of all healthcare workers in efforts to improve antibiotic usage. However, the involvement of nurses in this area has traditionally been quite limited, for many reasons.
23 November 2023
ICN CEO Howard Catton has warned of dire consequences if the current burgeoning demand for health care and the nurses who will deliver it continue to outstrip the supply of registered nurses.
22 November 2023
To mark World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, the International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations, the IAPO Patients for Patient Safety Observatory and its AMR Patient Alliance, the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations, the World Medical Association, ICN and the International Pharmaceutical Federation call for cross-sectoral collaboration to address the growing threat of AMR.
22 November 2023
ICN CEO Howard Catton has updated a meeting of more than 70 World Health Organization Member States on the unique role nurses are playing in the promotion of peace in societies everywhere.
21 November 2023
ICN has reiterated its concern for the people caught up in the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict and called again for an end to the ongoing suffering, and for the protection of health care facilities and staff. ICN emphasized that the needs of patients, their safety and that of the nurses and other health workers serving them must be paramount.
17 November 2023
ICN is pleased to announce the opening of online abstract submission for the 13th ICN Nurse Practitioner / Advanced Practice Nurse Network Conference to be held in Aberdeen, Scotland, 9-12 September 2024.
14 November 2023
ICN CEO Howard Catton has said there had never been a more pressing need to support the nursing profession in its role as a catalyst to make Health for All a reality.
13 November 2023
The ICN Board of Directors, meeting in Geneva, expressed its deepest concern for those suffering in the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza.
8 November 2023