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ICN gives full support to WISH/WHO report calling for more action to protect mental health of nurses and other health workers
The negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of nurses and other healthcare workers have been underscored in a new report from the World Innovation Summit for Health and the World Health Organization
6 October 2022
ICN calls for nurses to be at centre of new WHO global agreement on pandemic prevention and response
The International Council of Nurses has presented its views at the second round of the World Health Organization’s public hearings on the formulation of a new international agreement to prevent and manage further pandemics
30 September 2022
Ahead of World Patient Safety Day ICN calls for ‘just culture’ in how drug errors are managed
The ICN welcomes the focus on medicines as the theme for this year’s World Health Organization World Patient Safety Day, but calls for a culture change in how health providers manage drug errors involving nurses and other health workers
16 September 2022
ICN endorses WHO Ten-Point Plan for expanding healthcare workforce in Europe and calls for urgent action
ICN welcomes the publication of the World Health Organization’s latest workforce report, which reveals shortages that WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge describes as a ‘ticking time-bomb’
14 September 2022
South East Asia nurse leaders discuss regional challenges at ICN webinar
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) recently held a webinar to discuss nursing in South East Asia.
4 August 2022
Monkeypox - “Protect nurses, combat stigma” says International Council of Nurses
ICN today called for protection of nurses and other healthcare workers who are caring for patients infected with the monkeypox virus. The World Health Organization has declared monkeypox a global health emergency with more than 16 thousand reported cases from 75 countries and territories, and five deaths
25 July 2022
ICN publishes report on the 75th World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland
The WHA is the supreme decision-making body of WHO and its annual meeting is attended by delegations from all 194 of WHO’s Member States, as well as by representatives of “Non-State Actors” (NSAs) that are in official relations.
21 July 2022
