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ICN hosts luncheon meeting for all nurse delegates at the 76th World Health Assembly
Ministers of Health from El Salvador, France, Jamaica, Malawi, New Zealand, Seychelles, Thailand and the UK were also in attendance, along with representatives from ICN’s national nursing associations and a variety of organisations including BBC, CERN, Global Colon Cancer Association, International Committee of the Red Cross, International Organization for Migration, Médecins Sans Frontières, Mission Haiti, Nursing Now, Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, UNOG, WHO, World Patients Alliance and the World Trade Organization
24 May 2023
ICN at the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, 23 May 2023
ICN President Dr Pamela Cipriano met with WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at this week’s World Health Assembly in Geneva. They discussed why investment in nurses is essential not just to recover, but also to rebuild health systems and deliver UHC2030
24 May 2023
ICN at the World Health Assembly
ICN has a delegation of nurses at the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, the World health Organization’s governing body, with six delegates attending in person, and around 80 following the proceedings online as virtual delegates.
23 May 2023
Opening of WHA76, Dr Tedros’s address & ICN delegation briefing
The 76th World Health Assembly opened yesterday with the theme WHO at 75: Saving lives, driving health for all. This year ICN will have a physical and a virtual delegation of more than 80 people at WHA76.
22 May 2023
ICN President Dr Pamela Cipriano and WHO Chief Nursing Officer Amelia Tuipulotu participate in IND webinar, celebrating the future development of the profession
Dr Cipriano used the webinar to introduce ICN’s year-long International Nurses Day campaign, Our Nurses, Our Future, while Dr Tuipulotu praised ICN’s leadership and highlighted the importance of having a collective voice for the world’s 28 million nurses
19 May 2023
ICN President Dr Pamela Cipriano tells Channel Africa: investing in nursing is an investment in a better future for all
Dr Cipriano said ICN’s ten-point Charter for Change can be used by national nurses associations to advocate for governments to establish health care policies which will create a sustainable global healthcare system.
19 May 2023
ICN marks International Nurses Day with the launch of its “Our Nurses. Our Future.” campaign
The campaign includes ICN’s Charter for Change, which lists ten policy actions required to create and sustain safe, affordable, accessible and responsive health care systems
12 May 2023
ICN President addresses United Nations: “investing in nurses is key to pandemic preparedness”
Speaking on behalf of the world’s 28 million nurses, Dr Cipriano said it was essential to reflect on the impact of the pandemic on the profession
11 May 2023
Annual Report 2022
ICN has published its 2022 Annual Report, detailing ICN’s activities in the post-pandemic period to rebuild and strengthen health systems and ensure that government invest in nurses and respect their rights
8 May 2023
ICN President urges governments to take immediate action to put plans to make Universal Health Coverage back on track
ICN is calling on governments to take urgent action to protect, enlarge and re-energise the global nursing workforce so that Universal Health Coverage can become a reality by the 2030 target date
14 April 2023
Former Executive Director of World Food Programme, David Beasley, to speak at ICN Congress in Montreal
ICN and CNA are delighted to announce that David Beasley, Former Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme will address the ICN Congress in Montreal
14 April 2023
ICN participation and interventions at WHO 5th Global Forum on Human Resources
ICN has participated in the WHO’s 5th Global Forum on Human Resources for Health this week and made a number of interventions on the challenges facing the global health workforce
6 April 2023