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ICN's new President meets WHO leaders to strengthen partnership and raise critical issues

Last week, newly-elected ICN President Dr José Luis Cobos Serrano met with the World Health Organization’s Assistant Director-General of Health Systems, Dr Yukiko Nakatani, who will oversee the newly-combined WHO Academy, Health Workforce and Nursing department as well as Chief Nursing Officer Dr. Amelia Latu Afuhaamango Tuipulotu and senior health workforce advisers.

9 September 2025

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ICN Monthly Update July & August 2025

Welcome to the July & August 2025 ICN Monthly Update!

9 September 2025

ICN letter to United Nations Secretary General calls for urgent action to end humanitarian crises and attacks on health care in conflict

In a powerful letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, the newly elected President of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), Dr José Luis Cobos Serrano, reiterates ICN’s calls for immediate action to end devastating attacks on health care in conflict zones and to give populations access to food, health care, and basic humanitarian needs. The letter follows new reports of attacks on health care facilities on Nasser Hospital in Gaza and medical centres in Ukraine as well as the recent declaration of famine in Gaza, with 320,000 children at immediate risk of death.

5 September 2025

World Humanitarian Day: ICN deplores record number of attacks against humanitarian workers

On World Humanitarian Day, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) has expressed its horror for the continuing rise in fatalities of health care workers.

19 August 2025

WHO
ICN's new President meets WHO leaders to strengthen partnership and raise critical issues

Last week, newly-elected ICN President Dr José Luis Cobos Serrano met with the World Health Organization’s Assistant Director-General of Health Systems, Dr Yukiko Nakatani, who will oversee the newly-combined WHO Academy, Health Workforce and Nursing department as well as Chief Nursing Officer Dr. Amelia Latu Afuhaamango Tuipulotu and senior health workforce advisers.

9 September 2025
Newsletter
ICN Monthly Update July & August 2025

Welcome to the July & August 2025 ICN Monthly Update!

9 September 2025
ICN letter to United Nations Secretary General calls for urgent action to end humanitarian crises and attacks on health care in conflict

In a powerful letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, the newly elected President of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), Dr José Luis Cobos Serrano, reiterates ICN’s calls for immediate action to end devastating attacks on health care in conflict zones and to give populations access to food, health care, and basic humanitarian needs. The letter follows new reports of attacks on health care facilities on Nasser Hospital in Gaza and medical centres in Ukraine as well as the recent declaration of famine in Gaza, with 320,000 children at immediate risk of death.

5 September 2025
World Humanitarian Day: ICN deplores record number of attacks against humanitarian workers

On World Humanitarian Day, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) has expressed its horror for the continuing rise in fatalities of health care workers.

19 August 2025