30 June 2021
Year of the Nurse and Midwife coins & certificates issued by International Council of Nurses and World Health Organization
2 June 2021
ICN calls on G7 leaders to put nurses at the heart of a new pandemic treaty after WHO confirms 115,000 health and care workers have died from COVID-19 so far
2 June 2021
ICN at World Health Assembly 74
28 May 2021
ICN welcomes WHO’s new nursing strategy and calls on all countries to adopt it immediately in preparation for future health crises
24 May 2021
ICN reaction: WHO DG Dr Tedros confirms at least 115,000 health workers have died due to pandemic
During World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros’ opening address at the 74th World Health Assembly in Geneva this morning, he announced that at least 115,000 healthcare workers (HCWs) have died during the pandemic to dated, and pointed to the ‘scanty reporting’ on HWC deaths and infection rates.
7 April 2021
World Health Day: ICN applauds progress in vaccinations but obstacles to vaccine equity still exist
12 February 2021
ICN supports WHO's Vaccine Equity Declaration, warning that delay to global roll out of vaccines potentially catastrophic
1 February 2021
100-day countdown to International Nurses Day – setting course to reshape the global strategy for nursing 2021-2025
27 January 2021
Protecting nurses and other healthcare workers tops ICN’s agenda after WHO Executive Board meetings
20 January 2021
Act now and reset our health systems: ICN calls for nurses to be the catalyst for the reset and a litmus test for its success
11 December 2020
ICN calls for fundamental change in healthcare funding to achieve WHO’s aim of Universal Health Coverage
9 December 2020
ICN statement on Health Worker Infections and Deaths - WHO issues interim guidance on Workforce Policy and Management in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic Response